Comments on: Leftist orthodoxy of thought in the art world

By: ArtfldgrUselessNothing

ArtfldgrUselessNothing — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:43:34 +0000

See Pip and how he became great in Great Expectations and replace the convict with foreign entities told to buy up left art… ie. communists and so fulfill another item on the list so often put up here…

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 04:47:49 +0000

I think we’re slightly on the wrong track thinking this is a unique problem in the artistic world. It happens in the normal business world as well. The reason leftism is accepted is that its adherents are willing to scream at you, shame you, curse you and your ancestors at the top of their lungs if you say anything they disagree with. Do you know any conservatives who would do that? Conservatives content themselves with gentle mockery, and usually not in personal interaction at that. This phenomenon is not new. It happened to Ronald Reagan when he opposed the communists attempting to take over the Screen Actors Guild back in the 50’s. It would happen to me if I were to chide a new hire proudly announcing “my pronouns” in an introduction to the company. It may be worse in the artistic world, but remember, they say, “Everything is political!” and they mean it.

By: Roy Nathanson

Roy Nathanson — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 02:30:27 +0000

Leclerc,

Agree, but let’s think big… Defund HUD. That would save $44 billion.

By: LeClerc

LeClerc — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:08:07 +0000

Defund NPR, NEA.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 14:29:55 +0000

As a musician myself, I do certainly find that musicians tend to fall into step with the usual leftist orthodoxy. The reasons for this might include:
–mental laziness or disinterest: if you simply don’t want to think about politics then the easiest thing is to just parrot or adopt whatever people around you are saying
–most artists are poor and poor people are ideal recipients of the socialist doctrine
–artists typically are not well-read outside their area and do not have experience in fields like economics, business, law and history, therefore they don’t have a balanced view
–if you lack experience or are naive or uninterested, then you are going to prefer a simple ideology that can give you easy answers to difficult questions; that adds up to the leftist orthodoxy again

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 03:24:17 +0000

Eva – works for me!

By: Eva Marie

Eva Marie — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 03:11:44 +0000

Defund the art police?

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 02:28:14 +0000

“Artists relate to emotional arguments much more than to logical arguments.” – Roy

This is true, as our family can attest, because one son IS an artist, and so in amateur ways was his grandmother, who has not an ounce of logic in her soul.
We usually go to him to explain emotive people to the rest of us left-brained engineer types.
HOWEVER, he is a confirmed conservative, Trump-voting, Christian.

Maybe it’s because his art includes making knives and swords as well as jewelry.

To the general point, though, his college years in art school were literally ruined by the progressive artsy-schmartsy junk that the teachers insisted he at least pretend to produce.
Pfui.

By: Roy Nathanson

Roy Nathanson — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:41:31 +0000

Artists relate to emotional arguments much more than to logical arguments.

I know that is pretty simplistic, but is any more complex explanation required?

By: Cicero

Cicero — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 23:38:14 +0000

Why is the “art world” Leftist?
Because, whether it is music, dance, paint, one must always be in search of innovation, of doing “it” better.
That is the heart of Progressivism.
But humans are imperfect creatures, and so are their outputs.

We haven’t had Mozart or Beethoven for >two centuries. Instead, we get John Cage.
We don’t have any Mary Cassatts, Robert Henris, Winslow Homers, John Singer Sargents or Merritt Chases. Instead we have con men, like the fellow who not so long ago sliced up a shark, put the pieces back together in order in a tank, filled the tank with formalin and sold the reassembled shark for something like $150 mill! Or a Kincaid, whose appeal is regressive but is trite comfort, like singing a lullaby, who also rolls in dough!

To imitate, to take as a model something created by a worthy predecessor, is maudlin. Newer is not automatically better, but that notion clashes with the Left’s forward lunge.
My hope, if I ascend to heaven, is to hear Beethoven’s 10th symphony!

I don’t know what Coleman nor the Nigerian with pounds of hair upon her head produce as “art”. And I don’t care.

Give me the curmudgeon award!