Having a blog sometimes can be very interesting, sometimes – difficult, and sometimes – very exhausting. But what about two blogs at the same time? This is what happened to me. One day in winter holidays I was sitting at home – the weather outside was horrible – and scrolled my Instagram. Suddenly, my ex-classmate’s…
Tag: Art
Should art try to make society better?
Often we see some movie or book praised for “social statements”. Such movies and books have clear political and social message – claiming that they are trying to make society “better”. Are they? And should they? Well, actually no, please, no – go to hell with such proposals. We’ve already reached the point where we have “left”…
Why “national identity” kills art?
Do you really want your art to be distributed only among the few thousands? To be famous only in one-two countries? Well, I think this is not cool. If you are doing art (I’m talking only about story-art – films, books and games), you must think in wide-scale – not in the borders of one location. And well,…
Should art say something?
Do you know what PMSS is? Oh, it’s easy. It’s “profound meaning search syndrome”, “синдром поиска глубинного смысла” in Russian. Some disease that all literature teachers are infected by. Every time they say about any part of the book “Oh, what a deep meaning, ah, ah, ah”. When they say so it seems that they…
Nailing balls to the street is a form of art
Many people hate modern art. It’s pretentious, not understandable and strange. But it’s at least an art. It’s a book, it’s painting, it’s sculpture. Most people think about art not as about some principles or ideas but as about some concrete things – like, again, sculptures, paintings and books. Some people will add something, some…
Very attractive headline
As you all know, this blog is about art – and it was created for the subject “New media”. And what can be more related to art and new media than a story about the random thing? Oh, I don’t know. Maybe articles about art? No-no-no! I’m pretty sure, that I don’t have to write…
What if I bring an upside-down urinal to the museum?
The Year of 1917. Society of Independent artists organizes the exhibition – and says that work of any artist who pays the fee will be shown at this exhibition. Anyone who pays the fee? Ok. Marcelle Duchamp, a famous art critique, sent the upside-down urinal with his sign. And somehow it was like an explosion. Art experts at…
How avant-garde changed art?
Funny thing. Almost a century ago the avant-garde art appeared. And still, it gets so much attention – and so much love & hate. It totally changed the art – and no one can say undoubtedly for good or for bad. But how it changed it? Why so many people still compare “classic” and “modern”…
What’s wrong with Black Square?
Black square became a symbol of “modern stupid art”. It actually doesn’t give the people what they really want to get – particular, obvious, clear meaning and beautiful form. Instead, it’s just…a black square! Someone poured paint on paper – I can do the same! Well, people who say that they can actually can’t. Because…
The hero that I want to be
People ask me: “Nikita, what hero you want to be?”. They usually wait to hear “I want to be like Gagarin” or “I want to be like Einstein”. Why they think so? I don’t know. Einstein was a jew – he deserves only to burn in flames. And Gagarin was a Slavic person – they…
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