Modern Art

well, i dont think i have seen much modern art to be honest with you. the most eye opening experience was the performance that we were assigned to go to for this class: White Out. I blogged about it earlier. i have also seen some at the The Chicago Art Institute.

to be honest, i didnt get it. i thought some of it was cool. the dancing i was more ready to open up to because i used to dance and have had some friends who have been in modern classes. however the art baffles me sometimes. once i saw a stack of papers in the Art Institute. I didnt know if they were brochures to take and I almost grabbed at it. then i saw a pile of sand. i mean maybe if there is some kind of preface or something to explain (which would defeat the purpose in some ways) i would get it.

definitions of contemporary art? well i think odd, weird, different. i dont think traditional or historical. i think random objects, chaos, hodgepodge.

i think i need to be more open minded about modern art. i always seem to have a closed mind because i am very accustomed to traditional art.

art is the expression of oneself. so to say anything is good or bad is hard. it is more just like a different view on art.