However, a definition of art is more fluid than ever with multifactorial influences shaping human experience in particular with the invasive and destructive tendencies of social media overriding the positives of it as a creative tool.
Can anything being produced in this era of pluralism once again shock the audience as did much of what occurred before the age of post modernism? Is there anywhere left to go artistically or have we reached the limit of artistic breakthroughs or the possibility of another venture into radical form? Innovation seems a long way off when anything and everything can be considered as art.
Perhaps the answer to the question lies in two areas. One could be a nostalgic yearning for the era of craftsmanship in the face of factory-driven mass production. The other could be what might be called a simplifying of life. The photorealist image arrives without emotional entanglements, complete within itself and defying interpretation. It simply is.
Artistic relevance and purpose will always be called into question and while the world continues to marvel at the prices paid for art at auction, any condemnations of decadence are more squarely pointed at those who see art solely in monetary terms.
Given three hundred years from now the baby boomers, millennials and Gen Z will be long gone and the ultra-rich will be camped on Mars thumbing their noses at the have-nots. ‘Comedian’ may well be an apt description.
people go on cruises to spend money and convince themselves that they are living the high life once reserved for the aristocracy. Buying a piece of art would certainly qualify as ‘high life’ in that no matter the bargain offered