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I love SAMA. It's one of my favorite museums. Great job, Lana!👏👏👏

Let me begin by telling you that when my brother was just starting school, he rebelled at the rules of spelling. Why did words have to be spelled in a particular way? Why couldn't he spell them as he wanted to spell them? He resented the rules and he resisted the authority of those who made them ! Keep this in mind. I think that Conceptual art originated with people who could not and would not do the difficult work required to become a 'traditional' artist. Can't master the necessary skills ? No knowledge of perspective? Can't draw? Don't want to have to learn color theory? Can't master composition? No knowledge of human anatomy? Can't render tonal values Can’t be bothered ? These are skills that you have to WORK to perfect. It’s difficult. It takes…..effort. You want a fast track to the exalted position of "artist “. Well then, belittle the importance of those skills and debase the notion that they are a prerequisite to creating art. Instead, create an art genre that you CAN do. A new genre. And let's call it Conceptual art. Conceptual artists claim that IDEAS and CONCEPTS are the main feature of their art. They can slap anything together and call it ''conceptual art'' confident that viewers will find SOMETHING to think about it no matter how banal or trivial the artist's concept! There is no way conceptual art pieces can be judged. The promoters of this art have attacked the motives and credibility of authorities and critics who might disparage the work. They have rejected museums and galleries as defining authorities. They reject the idea that art can be judged or criticized . All of this results in a decline in standards. And when you jettison standards, quality suffers. There really IS such a thing as BAD art ! We know this only because we have standards and criteria by which such things can be evaluated. It seems that conceptual art comes down to a basic idea: No one has the right or authority to make any judgements about art ! Art is anything you can get away with ! A whole new language has been created to give the work an air of legitimacy and gravitas. Conceptual art is 'sold' to the unwary public with ....."ArtSpeak". ArtSpeak is a unique assemblage of English words and phrases that the International Art world uses but which are devoid of meaning! Have you ever found yourself confronted by an art gallery’s description of an exhibition which seems completely indecipherable? Or an artist’s statement about their work which left you more confused than enlightened? You’re not alone. Here are examples of ArtSpeak: 'Works that probe the dialectic between innovations that seem to have been forgotten, the ruinous present state of projects once created amid great euphoria, and the present as an era of transitions and new beginnings.'' Or ''The exhibition reactivates his career-long investigation into the social mutations of desire and repression. But his earlier concerns with repression production--in the adolescent or in the family as a whole--give way to the vertiginous retrieval and wayward reinvention of mythical community and sub-cultural traditions.'' This language is meant to convince me that there is real substance to this drivel which is being passed off as art. I don't buy it. But plenty of other people DO buy it. Not because they love the work. They are laying out enormous sums in the belief that their investment will bring them high returns in the future. One Jeff Koons conceptual piece is three basketballs suspended in a fish tank. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Ball_Total_Equilibrium_Tank_by_Jeff_Koons,_Tate_Liverpool.jpg Here is Koons' own ArtSpeak explanation of his floating basketball 'concept' verbatim: “ This is an ultimate state of being. I wanted to play with people’s desires. They desire this equilibrium. They desire pre-birth. I was giving a definition of life and death. This is the eternal. This is what life is like, also, after death. Aspects of the eternal” Rather lofty goals for 3 basketballs suspended in a fish tank!! It sold for $350,000. I wonder what it would have fetched without Koons' name attached to it. Or take the case of Martin Creed's ball of crumpled white copy paper. www.abebooks.com/signed/Work-sheet-paper-crumpled-ball-Creed/7404135374/bd He made almost 700 of them! Some sold for hundreds of dollars. Martin Creed, when asked during an interview how he would respond to those who say the crumpled paper ball isn’t art said : “ I wouldn’t call this art either. Who says, anyway, what’s good and what’s bad?” Interviewer: ''When confronted with conceptual art, we shouldn’t worry whether it’s art or not because no one really knows what art is.'' Is this what art has come to?? _________________________________ Something radical has happened to the art scene in the past 50 years. Cubism slid into non-representational art....what is often called Abstract. Abstract or non-representational art is a legitimate and often profound genre. But to many people, it appeared as if this new style had no structure, principles or standards of evaluation. It’s markings seemed random and arbitrary. Something that anyone could do. Any composition of blotches or scribbles was “Abstract Art”. This was the slippery slope that led to the abandonment of standards in art. Art is what I say it is....and lots of people jumped on the art bandwagon. Anyone can be an artist. Anyone can mount a show. And who is to say if it has value or not ? A tacit agreement has formed among critics, galleries, publications and auction houses to promote and celebrate certain artists and styles. Objects with no artistic merit are touted and praised . Their value increases with every magazine article, every exhibition in a prestigious gallery. And when they come up for auction, sometimes the auction houses will lend vast sums to a bidder so that it appears as if the work of the particular artist is increasing in value. The upward spiral begins and fortunes are made. And many are reluctant to declare that the Emperor is, in fact, naked lest they appear boorish unsophisticated Philistines ! This is what dominates the art market today. The love of money is the root of all evil. It has corrupted politics. It has corrupted sport. It has corrupted healthcare. It has corrupted religion. And now it has corrupted art. But, there is reason to hope. As much of the wisdom of the Greeks and Romans was kept alive through the Middle Ages in small pockets of learning and culture, ateliers have sprung up around the world that are devoted to preserving and handing down the traditional visual arts: drawing, painting and sculpting to each new generation. And when this craze for conceptual art has burned itself out and when visual art is no longer looked on as mere decoration and when schools that have dissolved their art programs want to reestablish them again, the world will find these skills preserved through the atelier movement.

My father, wife, and I inherited a huge collection of this jewelry. Fors time we came back from the estate with 50 pounds…POUNDS of silver Turkoman jewelry.

every body talking bout „this is what modern art should be“ and stuff but i wanna know the meaning of this??

Lovely photos. Very interesting. Fantastic illustrations. Wow. So much hand-crafted workmanship. I hope these priests and Rulers paid those Artisans well, in this world, and not in the next.

Beautiful and moving.

if I may suggest an excellent presentation on the legacy of Malintzin, th-cam.com/video/WMatLnTlMWs/w-d-xo.html

Her art and her intentions are so amazing and I am so happy and proud for her!! This was fascinating and very creatively inspiring, thank you for sharing! I hope to get to see her art in person one day 😄

How do I make them? What do I need?

Both modern "art" and contemporary "art" are trash. You can never change my mind. Those are only done by people with no real talent. 🙄🙄🙄

I think the Chinese should stay home, and make their country better‼️ They are SPIES, they have a huge spy network

Additional PSA: start at 16 minutes to breeze past most pleasantries

PSA: start the video at 12 minutes in unless you want to listen to elevator music for a while

Can you please make more of these videos with the other art movements AND comparisons of each where needed? Even just being able to identify what art falls under the movements?

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that's tuff

Thaks a lot for this video 🙏

Since Day one...12-13century...

Your daughter is hilarious

Why traitor ? Who told you Anglo-Saxons she was a traitor ? For that matter Sacagawea is a flaming traitor as well, She wasn’t Aztec, neither were Cortez’s 40,000 allies, she was a slave of the Maya then became Cortez’s interpreter and later wife , their kids ended up with noble titles in Spain, again which Mexicans told you she was a traitor ? This is so insulting to Doña Marina who is the mother of modern Mexico , y’all need to stop with that universal fraternity propaganda

Thx for sharing 👍

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Suzanne and Lana always do an incredible job. Thank you, ladies! Miss and love my SAMA family. ❤

Dont be mad, get glad

i wish they would have given Prof. Hu Dehardt more time to present her talk. Thank you

Excellent piece. I have a full review of it on my page. Everyone should go out & purchase a copy!

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Very informative! I love how the video was presented.

Contemporary Art is just Modern Art on meth.

Quis ut Deus? it´s a retorical question. It means no one is like God. You can find this information even in google, you idiot. William Keyse knows nothing about what he is talking about. How can an american museum have a such ignorant curator?

I'm still a lil lost

The crescent moon at the feet of Mary is rooted in this passage from Revelation in the Bible: Revelation 12:1-2: And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth.

Finally someone is pointing this out. Amazing how many so called artists have no clue about this.

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13:39 He is Alfredo Lim of Mexico (Mayor of Manila capital of the Philippines) both him and the man on this picture are descendants of Chinese immigrants

13:39 He is Alfredo Lim of Mexico (Alfredo Lim was the mayor of Manila capital of the Philippines) both him and the man on are Chinese although the Philippines was still in Asia

I love the video :))

I was pleased when I saw the Mississippi piece in the new acquisition exhibit. I remembered it from the special exhibit. Thanks for sharing a glimpse of the artist's studio and practice.

Thank you for sharing this inspiring story! It's a tremendous gift to get a peak into Ms. Datchuk's studio environment and the thought process and influences behind her work.

Terrific work, Chris.

Really Beautiful Joe! Thanks for the work and your voice. It is so strong. I hope you get all the attention and audience that you deserve. your friend, Ken

So smart. So important.

Amazing work! Congrats to Chris and The Walley's

YES HALLELUJAH YESHU MASIHA

0:16 Being like God doesn't mean being Holy and defending the faith. God doesn't need to defend the faith! "Who is like God??" is a rebuke to the Luciferian that would BE God. The Luciferian who leaves NOTHING to God and would control matter itself.

Kyle isn’t cryin for you doggy

I love that beginning shot!! It's so awesome to see the parts of the artistic community that just allow such wonderful exploration and experimentation. Keep being creative!

It is my great pleasure to follow your musical journey. True Creative Composer Artist. 😍 Love your spiritual core. ❤️

It's been an honor to partner with y'all at SAMA! Special shoutout to filmmakers Blake Weaver, Mark Peterson and Jeff Zavala at ZCreative!