The problem of understanding contemporary art Automatic translate

Firstly, the time interval separating us from the works of art of the past, and the lack thereof in the perception of contemporary art leaves an inevitable imprint on the understanding of the latter. We are deprived of the opportunity to objectively evaluate and correctly interpret modernity, because we ourselves create it. Rather, we are able to understand the deep momentary meaning of a work, the one that was laid in it initially. Perhaps we will understand it better than subsequent generations, as, say, Baudelaire or Gurnberg, their contemporaries understood more clearly then, and not we now. But at the same time, we will not be able to evaluate the significance of a work of our time. It takes time.

Secondly, contemporary art (we will talk about cinema, music) is extremely diverse. The matter is complicated by the fact that each self-contained genre in itself is very eclectic. You can even say that now you don’t have to talk about any particular genre, in the mainstream of which the artist creates (in broad sms.sl.), but now every artist, every musician (music band), every director is a separate individual genre. All do at the junction. Therefore, no one can attribute himself to any particular genre. Hence another difficulty in interpreting contemporary art.

Thirdly, it is worth noting that the art of modernity is developed extremely unevenly. For example, a musical, cinematic direction is actively developing, photography, possibly painting. Less active and successful is literature. This is due to the fact that the first of the listed areas of art are characterized by extreme emotionality. It is very difficult for a modern person to concentrate, to gather at one point, which is necessary, for example, for writing or reading a serious novel. Music, instant photography, drawing, film as concise visual literature - all this is perfectly suited to the ability of a modern person to perceive. It cannot be argued that our consciousness has become “clip-like”. It must be remembered that a song or a film is a finished work of art that we perceive in a holistic and in no way clip-like manner. But the amount of time that we can devote to a particular work has changed. This changed the form of this work - it became more concise, accurate, shocking and so on. (depending on the goals of the author). This is important to consider when analyzing contemporary art.

In general, we can say that the main problem is the identification of contemporary art as art in general. Often you come across the absence of any reference points with which the creativity of modern authors can be correlated. It has become impossible to compare with the classics, because it is practically impossible to find the intersection points of the old and the new. There is either a repetition of what was previously created, or the creation of something completely unlike anything else. The so-called classic, as it were, stands aside. I do not mean technical techniques, but the meanings and ideas embedded in a particular work. For example, a genre such as cyberpunk affects completely different strata of human existence than just science fiction. It is clear that we can turn to science fiction as the progenitress of such genres, but it is also clear that such problems arise with cyberpunk that science fiction will not tell us anything. Therefore, contemporary creations of art are, as it were, thrown into the void, where there are no reference points, but there are only other such new, individual abandoned, new creations.