I don't find modern artists to be as creative as those from earlier generations. Maybe it's because they are over-socialized nowadays. Many people's idea of 'ri

I don't find modern artists to be as creative as those from earlier generations. Maybe it's because they are over-socialized nowadays. Many people's idea of 'risky' these days isn't actually risky. Risky ideas imply that you would normally get kicked out of your social group and be treated as a pariah for having these ideas - This was definitely a reality for the breakthrough artists of earlier generations because the social mold was so rigid and people were so easy to offend. Artists were treated as a special category; people who could live well outside of the social norms without being shunned by society; they were forgiven because of their high creativity. IMO, many modern artists only project a facade of risk but in fact, they are calculating and know exactly how far they can push things; they almost never go beyond that point, in the rare cases that they do, they will issue a public apology. They project the illusion of being controversial while in fact their repertoire gets safer and safer as they gain more acceptance. Almost all of them are living well within modern social norms; the successful ones are those who embrace the power structures, not those who confront them.