Top 10 Self-Taught Artists of the Contemporary Era

Read the full article online: www.contemporaryartissue.com/...
🌟 Overview: Career Advice for Artists
→ www.contemporaryartissue.com/...
🍿 Watch Next (Key Videos for Artists)
→ Self-Taught Success: • 6 Steps To Success as ...
→ How To Make Money as an Artist: • 20 Ways: How To Make M...
→ Develop Your Art Style: • How To Develop A Consi...
→ The Art World Explained: • Explained: What is the...
📖 Recommended Books:
→ Art World & Career Advice: amzn.to/46anb09
→ How To Become A Successful Artist: amzn.to/3YwtjvS
→ Art History: amzn.to/3I0ri5I
→ Overview of books: www.contemporaryartissue.com/...
✏️ Recommended Tools & Ressources:
→ Squarespace for artist websites: squarespace.syuh.net/9W4rDY
→ Artenda for art opportunities: artenda.net
→ Artfacts for career rankings: artfacts.net/register?ref=596...
❤️ Support us on Patreon:
→ / contemporaryartissue
ℹ️ About CAI:
CAI is the abbreviation of 'Contemporary Art Issue,' a hybrid platform for contemporary art including:
→ Online Magazine: www.contemporaryartissue.com/...
→ Advice for Artists: www.contemporaryartissue.com/...
→ CAI Gallery: www.contemporaryartissue.com/...
→ Webshop: www.contemporaryartissue.com/...
👨 About the host Julien Delagrange:
Julien Delagrange is an art historian, contemporary artist, and the founder and director of CAI. Delagrange studied Science of Arts at Ghent University, Belgium, and worked for the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels, the Jan Vercruysse Foundation, the Ghent University Library, and has contributed to the international contemporary art scene as an art critic, lecturer, curator, gallery director, consultant, advisor, and as an artist. As an artist, he is represented by Galerie Sabine Bayasli in Paris, France, and Gallery Space60 in Antwerp, Belgium.
🎯 The mission of the CAI KZread channel:
→ To empower artists by providing adequate and industry-approved advice for artists for long-term success in the highest realms of the art world, sharing inside information and proven strategies based on real-life experiences in the art world.
→ To contribute to the online canonization of recent art history, having its finger at the pulse of contemporary art.
🌐 www.contemporaryartissue.com
📧 info@contemporaryartissue.com
Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders. However, if you feel you have inadvertently been overlooked, please take up contact with Contemporary Art Issue.
Table of contents:
00:00 - Introduction
01:11 - 10. Dan Graham
02:29 - 9. Sophie Calle
03:43 - 8. Jean-Michel Basquiat
04:46 - 7. Yves Klein
06:01 - 6. François Morellet
07:14 - 5. Yoko Ono
08:26 - 4. Max Ernst
09:45 - 3. Christian Boltanski
10:44 - 2. Dieter Roth
12:08 - 1. Marcel Broodthaers
Contemporary Art Issue
Platform, Publisher & Gallery on Contemporary
Website: www.contemporaryartissue.com
Gallery: www.caigallery.com
Publications: www.contemporaryartissue.com/...
Services for artists: www.contemporaryartissue.com/...
Every effort has been made to trace copyright holder. However, if you feel you have inadvertently been overlooked, please take up contact with Contemporary Art Issue.

Пікірлер: 134

  • @elawalentek
    @elawalentek Жыл бұрын

    It would be interesting to hear who discovered these artists or how it happened that their art became known.

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    A great question. Actually, the rise of self-taught artists is similar to the discovery of all artists. We created a separate video on this topic, so feel free to give it a watch here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKaqlbCJp5itlbA.html

  • @ziraprod6090

    @ziraprod6090

    9 ай бұрын

    @@contemporaryartissue Rise? Since when? They have always been around.... More earlier than now.

  • @zah936

    @zah936

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@ziraprod6090agreed

  • @ET-iy3nv
    @ET-iy3nv Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I'm so grateful for today's interesting content of your movie. I' m so happy to watch it.

  • @loriwakefield1
    @loriwakefield1 Жыл бұрын

    I loved Max Ernst and Basquiat thank you for showing all these great artists

  • @user-xxxxxn

    @user-xxxxxn

    4 ай бұрын

    You can't become an Artist. You are BORN as an Artist it is a way ofliving. There is no education for it. Only for cratsmen. The most 'academics" are craftsman or just psychiatric idiots. ........... real artists are ALWAYS autodidacts.

  • @T.C.Bronart
    @T.C.Bronart Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing!

  • @EzeICE
    @EzeICE Жыл бұрын

    Quite the insightful video and what a beautiful dog as well. Cheers.

  • @madhavmankar1898
    @madhavmankar1898 Жыл бұрын

    अप्रतिम, विडीओ, सेल्फ डेव्हलपमेंट, सेल्फ कल्पना, विचारांचे कलाकार. लाक्षणिक अर्थाने नयन्ययुत्त सौंदर्य रुपांतर, खूपच सुंदर.आधुनिक संगणकीय युगातील चळवळ.

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for tuning in!

  • @mattpipes5106
    @mattpipes5106 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating, it does really strike me how innovative all these artists are in their approach to making work

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, I was thinking the exact same thing when I was writing this article. Creative minds with a refreshing take on art-a direct result of the absence of formal art training? Possibly!

  • @user-xxxxxn

    @user-xxxxxn

    4 ай бұрын

    You can't become an Artist. You are BORN as an Artist it is a way ofliving. There is no education for it. Only for cratsmen. The most 'academics" are craftsman or just psychiatric idiots. ........... real artists are ALWAYS autodidacts.

  • @mS-iz9np
    @mS-iz9np Жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @MrHenryshake
    @MrHenryshake Жыл бұрын

    Excellent as always. Your critical sense of art is nicely balanced.

  • @user-xxxxxn

    @user-xxxxxn

    4 ай бұрын

    You can't become an Artist. You are BORN as an Artist it is a way ofliving. There is no education for it. Only for cratsmen. The most 'academics" are craftsman or just psychiatric idiots. ........... real artists are ALWAYS autodidacts.

  • @K.ART_vlog
    @K.ART_vlog Жыл бұрын

    amazing ❤️

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks ❤️

  • @beckynichols3832
    @beckynichols3832 Жыл бұрын

    You make me want to move to Berlin.

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Place to be!

  • @AVBNOW23
    @AVBNOW23 Жыл бұрын

    Basquiat is my favorite♥️

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful artist!

  • @lawrencewong8122

    @lawrencewong8122

    Жыл бұрын

    mine too

  • @user-nz4yd3iu4t
    @user-nz4yd3iu4t Жыл бұрын

    참 멋찌고 창의적인 예술 퓸 입니다~~

  • @maravilhosasanta1825
    @maravilhosasanta1825 Жыл бұрын

    The best one you did not show, it was Francis Bacon!

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree!

  • @dothemostrav
    @dothemostrav Жыл бұрын

    Really enjoy this content ..these artists are so inspiring and shows u can really go whatever route you choose ..hope everyone continues to build up their gifts

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, well said! Thank you for tuning in

  • @simonmultiverse6349

    @simonmultiverse6349

    Жыл бұрын

    The dog raised his left eyebrow in a quizzical manner at 0:20. It the dog making a subtle comment on the concept of art?

  • @user-xxxxxn

    @user-xxxxxn

    4 ай бұрын

    You can't become an Artist. You are BORN as an Artist it is a way ofliving. There is no education for it. Only for cratsmen. The most 'academics" are craftsman or just psychiatric idiots. ........... real artists are ALWAYS autodidacts.

  • @albertoballocca
    @albertoballocca Жыл бұрын

    Great, thank you for these advices 💎 they are super useful in my position, self taught and collected worldwide, sometimes its just a matter of have the right feedback on these details your are clarifying 🙏

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Alberto, that's great to hear. Wishing you all the best for your future artistic ventures!

  • @albertoballocca

    @albertoballocca

    Жыл бұрын

    @@contemporaryartissue thank you so much ! Would be great to get in contact!

  • @IvyRoad
    @IvyRoad Жыл бұрын

    Your videos are enlightening, educational, and inspiring. Thank you for them. But what I most want to say right now is that I am completely and helplessly in love with your wonderful dog!

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    She is the best! 🐕 ❤️ Thank you for tuning in and greetings from us both ;-)

  • @user-xxxxxn

    @user-xxxxxn

    4 ай бұрын

    You can't become an Artist. You are BORN as an Artist it is a way ofliving. There is no education for it. Only for cratsmen. The most 'academics" are craftsman or just psychiatric idiots. ........... real artists are ALWAYS autodidacts.

  • @elephantintheroom5678
    @elephantintheroom5678 Жыл бұрын

    Oh, Max Ernst! How I LOVE his art. Especially "Europe After the Rain" !

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    One of the best! Thank you for tuning in

  • @jarretttcamp
    @jarretttcampАй бұрын

    What I see in this video is that there is room for self though artists like myself. I absolutely Basquiat artwork. However the little of me liking his work. At least the fact that he is self thaugh I can respect. But there is a comment that mentions that there should a video on who found these artists. So we can use this info toward our own careers.

  • @kevinclarke7353
    @kevinclarke7353 Жыл бұрын

    William N Copley was self taught. Klein is one of my favorite artists

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for adding this to the discussion. Klein is a gem indeed!

  • @michaelt6169
    @michaelt6169 Жыл бұрын

    You forgot the most important self-taught artist Francis Bacon!

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Shame on me, indeed!

  • @jean-yvesgauze8024
    @jean-yvesgauze8024 Жыл бұрын

    Can you please do a whole article about fine art photography ?

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    We have! www.contemporaryartissue.com/top-25-fine-art-photography-artists-in-the-world/

  • @concepcionisabelcastillo4627
    @concepcionisabelcastillo4627 Жыл бұрын

    i am very intruguied with the dog😂😅just can't stop looking well behave this baby boi is😘👌

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂 Yes, she's the best!! Thank you for tuning in

  • @georgeedward1226
    @georgeedward12262 ай бұрын

    Using naked women as a brush! Brilliant! I doubt Michael's stocks this particular tool of the trade but I'll ask next time I'm there.

  • @vicentejouclas2518
    @vicentejouclas2518 Жыл бұрын

    Ontem assistia um filósofo assustado com a capacidade da IA produzir Arte e perdermos o emprego. Boa chance de estudarmos o quanto a Arte reside no apreciador.

  • @PinoyAbstractArtist
    @PinoyAbstractArtistАй бұрын

    I am also a self taught Artist ❤️❤️❤️

  • @igaluitchannel6644
    @igaluitchannel664411 ай бұрын

    I think the dog understands your every word.

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    11 ай бұрын

    I also believe she does, one day she'll start talking herself 😅

  • @igaluitchannel6644

    @igaluitchannel6644

    11 ай бұрын

    @@contemporaryartissue We like them better this way, I think.

  • @thefeelcompany
    @thefeelcompany Жыл бұрын

    ….don’t forget Francis Bacon. EDIT: love the channel.

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    You're absolutely right! And thank you for your kind words!

  • @angelajsacaartistaffiliatedwpl
    @angelajsacaartistaffiliatedwpl Жыл бұрын

    Interesting love thx for sharing.

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    The pleasure is all mine! Thank you for tuning in

  • @angelajsacaartistaffiliatedwpl

    @angelajsacaartistaffiliatedwpl

    Жыл бұрын

    @@contemporaryartissue welcome

  • @BigBuddha3
    @BigBuddha3 Жыл бұрын

    You forgot Francis Bacon! ^^

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    You are absolutely right! I have no clue why he wasn't among the highest-ranked artists. Major absentee!

  • @soyochataartscene4500

    @soyochataartscene4500

    Жыл бұрын

    I didn’t know he was self taught

  • @user-xxxxxn

    @user-xxxxxn

    4 ай бұрын

    You can't become an Artist. You are BORN as an Artist it is a way ofliving. There is no education for it. Only for cratsmen. The most 'academics" are craftsman or just psychiatric idiots. ........... real artists are ALWAYS autodidacts.

  • @Lollero200q
    @Lollero200q Жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @mrpetersen7025
    @mrpetersen70256 ай бұрын

  • @rillest75
    @rillest75 Жыл бұрын

    That dog looks tight

  • @clariolaelx

    @clariolaelx

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank You 🌻

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    She's the best!

  • @kojoman75

    @kojoman75

    Жыл бұрын

    So what’s happening

  • @marioguercio8722
    @marioguercio8722 Жыл бұрын

    El último farsante es brutal.

  • @ivanklymenko
    @ivanklymenko Жыл бұрын

    🤩🙂🤩

  • @dogfood142
    @dogfood14211 ай бұрын

    Basquiat should not be on this list. He might have dropped out of art school but he certainly did have an extensive art background, he really knew his art history thanks to his upbringing and was heavily influenced by artists like Twombly and Dubuffet.

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    11 ай бұрын

    That's the thing; self-taught. So he's a great example of a self-taught artist that did not complete formal art training but does have a strong frame of reference when it comes to art. Thank you for tuning in!

  • @ahmednosseir4826
    @ahmednosseir4826 Жыл бұрын

    the dog is better than art

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    She's the real artist!

  • @linaba5834

    @linaba5834

    Жыл бұрын

    I was waiting for her to say something

  • @miles1202
    @miles1202 Жыл бұрын

    What about Francis Bacon?

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    The biggest absentee indeed from this list!

  • @mathmagical
    @mathmagical Жыл бұрын

    Every artist is self taught.

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @user-xxxxxn

    @user-xxxxxn

    4 ай бұрын

    that's not true. You can't become an Artist. You are BORN as an Artist it is a way ofliving. There is no education for it. Only for cratsmen. The most 'academics" are craftsman or just psychiatric idiots. ........... real artists are ALWAYS autodidacts.

  • @hustle_tee
    @hustle_tee Жыл бұрын

    💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌🙌🙌

  • @METALMARK1000
    @METALMARK10002 ай бұрын

    yoko ono 😂😂 the only artist on that list is Max Ernst

  • @brvndxxxn
    @brvndxxxn11 ай бұрын

    You’re extremely handsome

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    10 ай бұрын

    You're making me blush 😅 Thank you for tuning in!

  • @jg417
    @jg417 Жыл бұрын

    hmmm, i disposition

  • @seinundzeiten
    @seinundzeiten7 ай бұрын

    actually all artists are self-taught, even if they went to some academy

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    7 ай бұрын

    They are, however the term is used to refer to artists without formal art education. But in the end, we have to figure out our art ourselves. Thank you for tuning in!

  • @peterdanieljakim6218
    @peterdanieljakim62186 ай бұрын

    Yoko Ono man?? Yoko Ono???

  • @GiuseppeAllettocontemporaryart
    @GiuseppeAllettocontemporaryart Жыл бұрын

    great video! I've just posted a new video dealing with my own Selfportrait :) greetings from Milan

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Wishing you all the best!

  • @myfavoriteplanet3247
    @myfavoriteplanet3247 Жыл бұрын

    Where are today's contemporary artist? Looks like a couple of generations are missing. Seen this list a hundred times at least. Can we get a new list? Did time stop in the art world? Where are Gen X artists and beyond expressing themselves? Art galleries online also feel like libraries Where is the transition? This is Boomer art. All great in its own way

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi there, thank you for tuning in. Good question, and rightfully so. For our top lists we use an analytical research tool measuring the pertinence of artists in the art world using objective career facts and ranking them accordingly. As a result, longevity is valued strongly, artists with a long-standing track record, hence favoring the slightly older generation of artists. However, half of the list is still active today. And feel free to watch our videos where we showcase young emerging artists. Stay tuned!

  • @user-xxxxxn

    @user-xxxxxn

    4 ай бұрын

    You can't become an Artist. You are BORN as an Artist it is a way ofliving. There is no education for it. Only for cratsmen. The most 'academics" are craftsman or just psychiatric idiots. ........... real artists are ALWAYS autodidacts.

  • @ard52192
    @ard52192 Жыл бұрын

    Can we get 10 ST artist that are STILL ALIVE and idk have websites I can check out?! But seriously, ones that the bulk of their work is post 2000. Most them people are dead in your video. That’s a page in an art book. I want a living body of work that I could theoretically see their show one day.

  • @anthonyafonso3599
    @anthonyafonso3599 Жыл бұрын

    Untought...what Artist has

  • @user-xxxxxn

    @user-xxxxxn

    4 ай бұрын

    You can't become an Artist. You are BORN as an Artist it is a way ofliving. There is no education for it. Only for cratsmen. The most 'academics" are craftsman or just psychiatric idiots. ........... real artists are ALWAYS autodidacts.

  • @sebastianfairfax2058
    @sebastianfairfax2058 Жыл бұрын

    Might you explore and make videos around these two truisms: 1. Warhol: "Art is what you can get away with." 2. Picasso said variously that, "Bad" and "lesser artists borrow; great artists' steal..." Similarily, Steve Jobs' version of that statement said "Good artists copy. Great artists steal." Those statements have history and relevance in most creative fields. Frankly, there is more truth than we care to admit in these statements regardless of their attribution. And in the reality that a lot of contemporary and modern art (and their artists) become (in)famous by their tacit compliance, hunger for recognition, acceptance, and greed by conspiring with "art critics" and galleries which, then as now, are pulling off immoral frauds. Thank you. P.S. Indulge me saying that the two self-taught artists utteerly undeserving of inclusion in your list are Yoko Ono and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Their works are shite; their resulting fame due entirely to statement one.

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Sebastian, thank you for your comment and sharing your thoughts. I must say I disagree with the overall message of your assessment. It sounds too much like an unlikely conspiracy theory and oversimplification of what we call art politics. The art world is more complex, as is the career path and work of the artists you mention and refer to.

  • @rohitmadashri7250

    @rohitmadashri7250

    Жыл бұрын

    Basquiat is Shite? Ok, can you stretch your vocabulary and elucidate why?

  • @isaacmolefenyokong7776
    @isaacmolefenyokong7776 Жыл бұрын

    How is Max Ernst a contemporary artist though? Sorry, but that's where we falter when it comes to attempts to understand the unfolding of art history. The 'contemporary' becomes one of the most abused and misleading concepts in art history, thanks to these kinds of talks... (and I refer to Ernst because I stopped watching once the presentation gets there...).

  • @Kingfrozttheartist
    @Kingfrozttheartist Жыл бұрын

    People don’t even buy this kind of art anymore

  • @stuartday1330
    @stuartday1330 Жыл бұрын

    No wonder most this contemporary "art" sucks. Learn how to do it by those who know then put your individual spin on it. You'll only get one Van Gough out of a hundred.

  • @bolshevikproductions
    @bolshevikproductions Жыл бұрын

    TOP

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for tuning in!

  • @martinapizzigoni5346
    @martinapizzigoni5346 Жыл бұрын

    This is ridiculous. In this video we are talking about artists born in the 1930s and 1950s! Of course in their youth the art system was completely different, the Internet had not yet been invented, for example. It would be very interesting to see the career of a self-taught artist under 40.

  • @user-xxxxxn

    @user-xxxxxn

    4 ай бұрын

    You can't become an Artist. You are BORN as an Artist it is a way ofliving. There is no education for it. Only for cratsmen. The most 'academics" are craftsman or just psychiatric idiots. ........... real artists are ALWAYS autodidacts.

  • @williamroberts1819
    @williamroberts1819 Жыл бұрын

    It's so encouraging to know that the only good artist on this list has passed and the rest are total shit. This gives us all a great chance of success.

  • @user-xxxxxn

    @user-xxxxxn

    4 ай бұрын

    You can't become an Artist. You are BORN as an Artist it is a way ofliving. There is no education for it. Only for cratsmen. The most 'academics" are craftsman or just psychiatric idiots. ........... real artists are ALWAYS autodidacts.

  • @armandogavilan1815
    @armandogavilan18157 ай бұрын

    Aaaand that´s why you SHOULD go to a DECENT academy and learn the basics kids! You don´t want to end up doing crap lke these!

  • @t-bonebigears
    @t-bonebigears6 ай бұрын

    You can't teach art. 😮

  • @enricomuratore70
    @enricomuratore70 Жыл бұрын

    Basquiat, or Yoko Ono, are someone else's creation. They could not create themselves by themselves with what they did

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Feel free to expand on this. I believe all artists are a result of various influences, and the support of other people.

  • @intothebackground3053

    @intothebackground3053

    Жыл бұрын

    she should not be in that list

  • @heraldeventsandfilms5970

    @heraldeventsandfilms5970

    Жыл бұрын

    @@contemporaryartissue You will not get a response from this bigot.

  • @enricomuratore70

    @enricomuratore70

    Жыл бұрын

    @@heraldeventsandfilms5970 at least we've got the response of an idiot

  • @heraldeventsandfilms5970

    @heraldeventsandfilms5970

    Жыл бұрын

    @@intothebackground3053 Typical American simpleton and bigot.

  • @bagobeans
    @bagobeans Жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry..but some of these people are not artists in my opinion. Frida Kahlo is an artist. I don't consider Yoko Ono an artist. Cutting off clothing is not art. Art is beauty...it celebrates the human spirit and creativity. Some people you showed on here are not artists...that's just my opinion.

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    I respect your opinion 100%. There is enough versatility in art for everyone to find something they enjoy; art is a feast!

  • @purpleflag47
    @purpleflag473 ай бұрын

    u boring

  • @renzo6490
    @renzo6490 Жыл бұрын

    Basquiat…a one trick pony.

  • @bolshevikproductions
    @bolshevikproductions Жыл бұрын

    Top bottom 10 or bottom top 10

  • @bolshevikproductions
    @bolshevikproductions Жыл бұрын

    Bottom top 20 or top bottom 5. Or top

  • @achimborn5850
    @achimborn5850 Жыл бұрын

    Apart from the fact that Basquiat has always seemed like a total joke to me, this impression is reinforced when one knows how Basquiat's career began. In the 80s painting was pronounced dead. There was a total lull in the galleries. So the big gallery owners in NY got together and then took a graffiti artist out of the gutter and made him a star with money (investment). That's all. Everyone can read about it and there is nothing ingenious or mystical behind it. Behind it is only financial strategy. So with art, this talentless child painting has absolutely nothing to do.In our modern times, the motto in art is: the more banal, the dumber, the more successful.

  • @contemporaryartissue

    @contemporaryartissue

    Жыл бұрын

    Dear Achim, painting was indeed proclaimed dead in the 80s, illustrated by the article by Douglas Crimp "The End of Painting" published in 1981. And that is exactly why Basquiat and consort are so popular, today, and back in the day. The Neo-Expressionists reinvigorated painting and at the root of it were not the galleries making stars out of nobodies just to annoy us-it was the people who enjoyed seeing the lust and sensual qualities of paint.

  • @achimborn5850

    @achimborn5850

    Жыл бұрын

    @@contemporaryartissue Dear CAI, I did not write that they wanted to upset us. You can read that,-I don't remember exactly, but wasn't it Gagossian and other colleagues who went looking? It was not about art or giving color to the world, as you beautifully put it, but only about how to make money. Which makes sense, considering that the galleries were pretty empty at the time, because no one bought paintings. So logically, the childish banal painting is not the background, but it was only to make someone big again, to create a direction to earn money. If that is so honest? Well.

  • @bolshevikproductions
    @bolshevikproductions Жыл бұрын

    Top 10 of top your 2:18 top 10 top notch