Let me try to think about the state of the art, starting with an intimate look at his reason. I mean, from where the meaning and necessity of art? Although it is bad to say, what is its function today? The answer most reliable, even by critics, is that the art is mainly to communicate, to convey emotions without a necessary distinction of quality. It 'a medium that creates trends, media events and sponsorships.
This fundamental misunderstanding, which pollutes our culture thoroughly, came to prominence with the pop-art. Before then there was talk of beauty or specimen, in a more modern, visceral and subversive visionary, but in any case, sought a statement of profound truth, both in the legal sense and in the revolution. But with the pop-art has been crowned regardless of the act of communicating: from art pour l'art was passed to the community for the community, in what has triggered the most glamorous and sophisticated stage set, manipulated at will by holders of charisma media. It has increasingly become less important as the qualitative sense of what is communicated, not giving attention to what you can raise or otherwise encumber the human soul.
If the commitment of Art, at least until the 60 years, had been philosophically to counteract the force of gravity, seducing the soul to the grace and even gambling altitude, Contemporary Art was thrown carelessly into the abyss. Because it is believed that the important thing is to communicate successfully, no matter what or how we express above all the poverty of spirit that surrounds us, fired more and more negative in hedonism. Swimming confused emotions, we stopped to dip with the confidence to find the pearls, and let us be content to wallow in superficial rubbish, provided colorful and somewhat surprising. This is why the art world today is fundamentally the market, which, rather than by the artists, is formed by the anointed media elite: from famous critics and art, especially by traffickers. Not even the public is more important, both the statement now takes place on different channels, not managing more creative ideas but investment figures. And 'the paradox is clear that contemporary art does not really make an audience, although it is auctioned with dizzying amounts: it is artificial and virtual drugs such as finance and strangles that now dominates the world. The strange thing is that no complaint objecting to this in a creative way, the many good contemporary artists seem resigned to the limbo that is imposed on them, while stoically continue to strive for emergence of the mire.
I can not say that art has a function because, as we understand the old school, I feel inspired to, a fruit mature feel. I think it is absolutely necessary to go back, at its root key, to find the link existential and meditative mystery that can afford to evolve, rediscovering naturally creative. To do this in my work life, I talked about this extensively in my books, just that I teach in my classes, and I believe that every occasion is good to stimulate a discussion about it, even with these brief notes.
