Originally Posted by
magiciansampras
Have you ever seen the show Top Chef?
Nope.
Originally Posted by
magiciansampras
I don't really understand this argument. Do you feel the same way about sports or the fine arts, for instance? If you look at a piece of modern art and it is viscerally unappealing, does that just make it "bad"?
To me, yes.
Actually, to me, most modern art is "bad." Ridiculous pieces of junk, really, appealing to those who either have too much money or those who are trying to act as if they do.
Originally Posted by
magiciansampras
Is there not some greater appreciation one gains of art when one learns a little bit about it, what the artist was trying to do, what they were responding to, etc.?
If, for example, a piece of art requires any sort of excessive explanation (beyond, say, "this piece was done in response to the bombing raids on ___ by the _____," or "the artist was particularly depressed during the time they made this"), then, in my view, the artist failed miserably.