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> free of the requirement to appease rich people I don't believe this is the case now and it probably hasn't been for a long time, at least since the popularit
by throwaway4aday 4y ago
> free of the requirement to appease rich people
I don't believe this is the case now and it probably hasn't been for a long time, at least since the popularity of modern art exploded. Maybe it was true when the genre was still underground or generally reviled?
- causi 4y agoYou know he's talking about the invention and proliferation of photography, right? AKA two hundred years ago.
- luma 4y agoCheck your timelines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art The thing you are implying is explicitly what I am claiming in the post.