Obviously very subjective, but modern art seems like a case of emperor's new clothes to me, a humble engineer.
When I was in college I would see art around campus take the form of random metal shapes welded together, concrete blobs, or Pollock-esque splatters and shake my head.
How can you judge a category of art for which there are no rules?
I can look at Michelangelo's "The David" and be awed to the core at how he was able to replicate lifelike looking veins in marble. It's difficult for me to even fathom his skill level but I recognize that it is much, much higher than mine.
But a sideways urinal with some marker on it? Anyone with no skill can do random things with random items and call it art.
"Any sufficiently advanced art is indistinguishable from garbage"
When I was in college I would see art around campus take the form of random metal shapes welded together, concrete blobs, or Pollock-esque splatters and shake my head.
How can you judge a category of art for which there are no rules?
I can look at Michelangelo's "The David" and be awed to the core at how he was able to replicate lifelike looking veins in marble. It's difficult for me to even fathom his skill level but I recognize that it is much, much higher than mine.
But a sideways urinal with some marker on it? Anyone with no skill can do random things with random items and call it art.
"Any sufficiently advanced art is indistinguishable from garbage"