I recently had a meeting with an art curator. She told me that my work was “too pretty” and that might be a problem. \u00a0Believe me, as ridiculous as the statement sounds, I knew what she was talking about. The art world hates pretty things. They don’t like that you like Monet. Apparently, they find that disturbing, that the art viewing audience isn’t intellectual enough. Because they much rather you enjoy something “conceptual” or even something dark or nonsensical, and you have to be told what you are looking at by reading an explanation of it from a plaque on the wall. You might be asking Why???<\/p>\n
The answer is both spiritual and systematic. The truth is, our society is run by a system that the dark forces have power over. And anything of the light is not in their best interest. To explain it in its simplest terms, the dark forces require dark or low vibe energy to maintain its power. So darkness in media, in arts, in culture is how they retain control over the masses, keeping them in low vibration and ignorance. The art world is no exception to that. The curator I had a meeting with suggested that my work would become more interesting to the art world if I juxtaposed my work in such a way that would question the concept of “beauty” (almost to undermine it, is the sense I got from her suggestion). To undermine beauty wild be going against everything I stand for as an artist. What;s wrong with enjoying beautiful things? Is the Sistine Chapel too pretty for you? Why is it considered shallow to appreciate beauty? Beauty is only shallow if it’s superficial and spiritualy empty. \u00a0My whole concept for Love Bomb<\/em><\/a> is to appreciate beauty, and feel the loving energy that comes from it.<\/p>\n This attitude of scoffing at beauty really begs the question of where society is heading. What you\u00a0have to understand is that it is systematic, like the music industry. Art curators are the gatekeepers for the art world. They determine who’s work is considered important, just as a historian determines what version of history to write. Arts and culture is what shapes society, which in the long run affects politics. It used to be religion that affected politics, but the Arts have since taken its place. People don’t go to church to worship, but instead they worship rock stars and gather in stadiums to hear their sermon.<\/p>\n I could seriously go on about this topic, but I won’t for now. I just wanted to open your eyes a little bit to how things really are in the world, and maybe you will notice that what I’m telling you is true.<\/p>\n \u00a92016. Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently had a meeting with an art curator. She told me that my work was “too pretty” and that might be a problem. \u00a0Believe me, as ridiculous as the statement sounds, I knew what she was talking about. The art world hates pretty things. They don’t like that you like Monet. 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