[Discalimer : Artist behind https://theblackbox.ca https://theblackbox.ca ] I'm going to disagree on Modernism failing, It simply built a little too high and l

[Discalimer : Artist behind https://theblackbox.ca https://theblackbox.ca ] I'm going to disagree on Modernism failing, It simply built a little too high and lost it's essence somewhere along the line. Post modern techniques and critique did a excellent number at deconstructing some of this artistic cruft but failed to sew the scars left by itself closed. We've been dealing with this critical based attitude for so long that it's become a cultural default, where we have a collective aversion to building modern-esque structures. This history isn't linear though, the periods are only created upon looking back upon the collective history of works and mapping out what informs which and the majority cultural norm. The internet/access to history has had a strange way of making the concept of what is contemporary semi atemporal. Modernity isn't dead. Postmodernity sure as hell isn't dead. Renaissance painting is surprisingly still alive. There are painters working with egg tempura creating sacred icons still. Instead we have a crazy cross-referenced shitshow that we call the contemporary. When we linearize and compartmentalize art history it's simple to reject avenues as being traversed already. At least in my practice I've found this to be the case. Mythos have been evolving and changing to fit contemporary society through the ages. The criticality of our times have destroyed the mythos. What is our collective cultural mythology? Jesus and company was a pretty close fit for mythos (assuming my cultural context, substitute other here). Why bother with creating a new mythos for contemporary society, we obviously tore it down for a reason. /s We artists are facing this postmodern gash, and are searching for ways of using the deconstructive/critical tools while also constructing and pushing forward. We can't just return to the classical and bury our heads from the past 200 years of advances, nor can we continue along this bastard PM track. Metamodern artworks are an attempt to strive with naive idealism in the footsteps of modernity fully understanding that these advances can easily be pulled apart and dismissed academically. In response to the narrowing of the definition of art, in my practice there is fine Art (that holds up to academic criticism and is supported by literature) and folk art which expresses and is usually dismissed by academics. I don't know, I'm trying to recover from a cynical upbringing and this horrible aversion to sincerity. Painting is dead, long live painting. Vapourware is authentic, and that screws with me.