The Shock of the New - Ep 8 - The Future That Was

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[@MrBlablabla119]

9:19 "The cost of this remarkable essay in museological splendor was about a third the price of a nuclear submarine, which puts it in one perspective. On the other hand it was about twice the gross national product of some African states, which may put it in another." Still refusing to pull any punches. Admirable.

[@ZadenZane]

Yes I agree with what the Christie's expert says about value (37:23). I remember viewing a roomful of Van Goghs in Paris in 1991, not long after his Sunflowers and Irises had fetched around $50 million each. There were at least 20 Van Goghs in this room and I remember looking around thinking, "Wow there's got to be more than a billion dollars in this room!" I'm sure that wasn't what I was "supposed" to be thinking, but I did think that. (I also marvelled at the 3D brushwork!)

[@mmcproductionsinc06]

The writing on this series is superb, witty and insightful...one of the best ever television series

[@peeetteerr]

I watched this series when it was first presented, I loved it then, it told me so much about something I knew next to nothing about. I am far more well educated about art, love it more than ever, and to see this series again has added to my admiration of him and his presentation of the arts. I now think he was mistaken here and there, something I could not have thought way back when, but that makes me admire him more, as all the years in-between I have made more than my share of mistakes, but feel strong in my learning and thinking and feeling so that I accept my errors, none made by laziness or inattentiveness, and have tried to correct what I can. To put oneself and one's ideas and arguments before others I hope to continue to do until I am unable to do so.

[@mathewgreen4099]

Many thanks for uploading all of this wonderful series.

[@leonavanderhoof4933]

Thanks for uploading the series. Loved every minute of it.

[@jovike2]

Wonderful stuff. I would love to have this on Blu-ray discs.

[@nathansonic]

Huge thanks for this series. I loved it lots. I can't help but think you have youtube's stabilisation switched on which accounts for the weird wobbles that it does sometimes.

[@Game_Hero]

33:30 That one is so cool! So trippy seeing the perspective changing the painting entirely.

[@MichaelFlynn0]

Well done Phil...still great after all these years.

[@jackbailey7037]

55:26 to 56:05 I'd like to bottle it. It fits our times exactly.

[@jimbobcain]

He was the GOAT

[@JMRtuber]

Remarkable for its footage of "The Lightning Field" (1977) and footage of and quotes from Walter De Maria.

[@asiamcclain8793]

My professor showed this during our Modern Art History class today, best part was that the whole time she was silent during the video and then at 54:17 when that guy said it would only take 2 or 3 men to bring about the newest shift in modern art she just yelled out "SEXIST!!!!!" super loud and then said nothing else for the remainder of the video. Honestly the most exciting part of this video.

[@occy127]

I would have replied, with equal exuberance, 'Einstein was male!'

[@MyDenis0]

your prof doesn't deserve to be one.

[@JMRtuber]

That's Bill Rubin from MoMA. dictionaryofarthistorians.org/rubinw.htm

[@seanramsdell4172]

Rob mentioned Georgia O'Keefe in one of the episodes

[@aaron2709]

That's all you got out of the video?

[@ideanada]

The art of anthropological man will endure. It always has. And if anthro man wants abstract expression, let it be so.

[@ideanada]

Hughes next series, American Visions, is also on youtube.

[@kmruhgrdsvrojh]

In retrospect the interview with David (would you buy a second hand Corot from this man) Bathurst was very prescient

[@dakinayantv3245]

I miss the twentieth century.😭

[@solitarianihilista1454]

Robert Hughes is the thinking cynic's Alan Whicker.

[@Ajax4470]

This is my homework

[@EricaGodinez]

omg allan its erica hi i'm doing the homework rn too lmaoooo

[@LovePiko]

At 18:17 does anyone know the name of the artist or painting that has the child with a red hat and doll next to her?

[@JMRtuber]

Another terrible Renoir...

[@loninappleton]

I wonder what Hughes would think of this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3fGYnWbiJWpgas It's a documentary on a child artist who paints nominal abstracts. The name of the film is "My Kid Couldld Paint That." My library got the film (and not at my request) and I watched it. There are various clips on youtube including the film and whether it was totally preposterous and a scam by the parents-- or not. Well worth the view. Thanks again to the uploader. I'm refreshing myself on the series having seen it televised when first run.

[@junkettarp8942]

My girlfriend told me I was just like my pictures........I just hung around and did nothing...Is this modernity?

[@ajs41]

Some civilisations are better than others.

[@meio4744]

Some individuals are better than others.

[@BrentMatthewMoore]

cough: Derrida

[@kirrausanov]

This documentary focused exclusively on the Western art ignoring Russian, Chinese, Arabic, South American and African art. What a shame.

[@douglasfairmeadow]

It's about modernism my dear

[@kirrausanov]

​@@douglasfairmeadow Do you want to experience contemporary modernism? Go East, young man ... to UAE or "communist" China.

[@Wawi633]

At times Hughes becomes far too cliché to be taken seriously.

[@aaron2709]

Example?

[@SwordOfTheRaven]

Cliche of what, the series in 1980 he's a hundred percent correct

[@anthonynenna1697]

I bet you're so authentic