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title: Art and Pretentiousness
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2020-05-27T20:13:47+08:00
frequently, claiming someone is aggrandising their own self-importance
by making a piece of art is just an ad hominem---and an ad hominem
massively based in a condescending tone, too
but i do think sometimes art can be pretentious
i am trying to think of some art that might be pretentious now...
probably all the artwork and architecture made by all the mining
magnates here in Perth. Perth, Australia is basically a city propped up
by the headquarters of many mining companies
and so they end up funding all the bullshit pretentious art, going
around town, gloating about how much gina rinehart or andrew forrest has
helped enrich the aesthetic lives of perth residents
THAT i would call pretentious