Why Is Modern Art so Bad? With Will Witt | Man on the Street

[@Kajnake]

"Does it make you feel any type of way?" "Uh... Confused?" Give that kid a medal

[@Niki-nm6hr]

And he was trying to be polite!🤣 You could see what he really thought of it!

[@grraadd]

We can see clearly number of years spent under brutal marxist indoctrination bring severe changes in the slave personality... Youngsters are still healthy - rescue them from commiefornia while there is still hope for them!

[@lizf506]

And the smaller child shrugged. The police officer and the kids were honest!

[@ericb8217]

He hasn't been fully indoctrinated yet.

[@luizfigueira5682]

😆 the kids got the best and most honest few words

[@meganholley7153]

"Straight up symbolic." 😂 I think the beanie fooled them all.

[@epixkid1127]

Megan Holley had too

[@DubWubs]

The officer was the only one who go it right. Scribbles

[@miriamschiro1773]

J Weis nope the boy too

[@DubWubs]

@@miriamschiro1773 Well a child was given. But there you have it!

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

Emperors New Clothes anyone?

[@BennyLindo]

And then she went on to say there should be no standards in art, “especially today”. 🤦‍♂️

[@workhorse7134]

@@BennyLindo yep, the leftist programming snuffed out her real feelings.

[@gabicaviedes7906]

Will: "this is total crap" 2year old kid that painted the canvas: 😭

[@monkeemash]

Time to end everybody gets a trophy. One of the best learning lessons of my life was on a camping trip when I was younger. My Uncle brought a family friend's kid along with us and his artistic skills were far superior to my abilities at the time, and this hurt my feelings because it caught my Uncle's attention, whom I greatly looked up to. My Uncle sat me down and told me that even though I may be able to surpass others skills with hard work and determination, there will always be those in life that no matter what, will be better at something than me. Take pride in what you're good at, but be humbled knowing that there are always others that may be better than you are at something in life.

[@akarshshekhar5233]

So, how is the kid going to become better if we keep telling him he is flawless?

[@nexalusthegreat1630]

y'all are overthinking a joke no offense.

[@nexalusthegreat1630]

the comment never implied that the 2 year old should be rewarded/praised for drawing crap (they were likely told to draw like crap anyways). The joke was the fact that by calling the art crap, he's indirectly insulting the 2 year olds. you know I hate explaining jokes but it seem to have flown over yalls head.

[@nexalusthegreat1630]

believe me, i hate leftism and modern art as much as anyone here, but y'all need to know when something is serious and when something is meant to be laughed at. the replies like these are ones that should be stated towards those that unironically believe that you shouldn't give criticism towards a toddlers art. as i mentioned, the 2 year olds were likely told to draw like crap so why make a big fuss about whether it should be praised/criticized? at the end of the day, it was meant to be crap and thus, it is crap. I highly doubt that the original commenter is even trying to defend the fact that it's crap.

[@Nine7Three]

The fake cover-up cough was the best! lmao

[@50calBeowulf]

1:30 coughing on BS :)

[@Nine7Three]

@@50calBeowulf lol thanks. I should have done that in my comment.

[@gookmonster752]

Love the fact that Will Witt could barely keep from laughing.

[@eljohnbonga6305]

Me too 😂

[@michaelparylak5649]

I thought "stay in character 😂" dude

[@canespugnaces2126]

It's hard not to laugh when you are feeding someone a bunch of BS and they are eating it up.

[@johnbond1602]

J A P A N E S E M A S C U L I N I T Y

[@KimGamingPH]

1:28

[@anotherconservativecomment8100]

I've been wondering why people actually like stuff like this. Modern art is crap. Change my mind

[@ChristinaWintherLolk]

Another Conservative Commentator Money laundering

[@deviantlydeviant]

I hate modern art. But I guess it does create a thought exercise?

[@Tommysimonsen]

This is not modern art, it`s post modern art. Mind chanced?

[@hout00gje]

Go search on Instagram. You'll be amazed what awesome painters show their work fo free. Btw I agree it's crap the paintings on this channel. Really no art at all.

[@GenXican84]

Art.....is a man's name...Thank You.

[@critical-thought]

“Really, it’s all crap” ... yup, that pretty much sums up the world of modern art.

[@nipnop4954]

critical-thought it’s ironic that you have that user name while spitting anti intellectualism

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

you probably could sell actually crap as modern art. just give it a mysterious name.

[@critical-thought]

nipnop - I find it humorous that you equate modern art with the intellect. There is no irony, only a recognition of a segment of the art community that has regressed further back than the cave drawings and adolescent skills. Express your feelings, by all means, but do not pretend it is intellectualism.

[@nipnop4954]

critical-thought I don’t know anyone can believe that... Have you like seen some modern art recently like Neo-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Suprematism, Constructivism, Metaphysical painting, De Stijl, Dada, Surrealism, Social Realism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Op art, Minimalism, and Neo-Expressionism. What do these lack that’s present in other art?

[@critical-thought]

nipnop - I am no connoisseur, but I do wander the halls of some of the largest public galleries, and many of the smallest private galleries. Some few works are great, the vast majority of works are ... somewhat less than that. Moving an idea from the subjective or emotional realm into a physical representation is no small thing, and to do it well is a rare gift that few possess. Drawing some geometric shapes onto a white canvas is something any grade schooler can do. Throwing paint (or the brush) at a surface can be done by a monkey, and the result is just as relevant. Any child can scrawl something, and it often “looks better” than what I see on gallery walls. The great artists speak to more than themselves, regardless of classification or the opinion of a critic.

[@anand.pandey]

Still better than most of the garbage being sold as modern art.

[@JMObyx]

Like a rock...A LITERAL ROCK!

[@lesliesylvan]

Arnand: Not surprising hyperbolic commentary coming from a Nihilist, sir. lol. "Those who know only their side of the debate know little of that." John Stewart Mill. Smile; it sets off positive endorphins, even the most pessimistic can't control. Be well, Anand.

[@anand.pandey]

@@lesliesylvan sorry if my comment sounded naive. The keyword was "most". Definitely not all of the modern art is utter BS, but the things being put into exhibitions in the name of art truly makes one think.

[@lesliesylvan]

@@anand.pandey My error, entirely, in not picking up on your keyword, "most." Unlike me to do so. Must re-read JS Mills again and show less zeal next time! ;) I retract my statement. lol Actually agree.

[@anand.pandey]

@@lesliesylvan no problem. It's all cool haha.

[@claires8735]

"I feel like you're going back in to a different place." 😅😂😂😂 Yeah... childhood! 😂😂 Dennis Prager at the end... 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stephaniestockbridge7761]

As an artist I think modern art sucks. I HAVE STANDARDS

[@APAL880]

thank goodness there are still some that think so.

[@elvira2756]

Stephanie Stockbridge, I'm not an artist by any stretch, but I sure know what looks good, what I'd buy, and what looks like it was finger painted by an enthusiastic two years old.....or somebody throwing globs of paint on a canvas and letting the dog swish it's tail through it.

[@garouuchiha4041]

I agree, LOL! same here!

[@hout00gje]

As an artist I donot agree with you. But I agree there is alot of crap.

[@LAUREL5784]

@stephanie stockbridge YES! Fun fact: Recently declassified documents reveal that modern art (and those goofy artists) were part of the C IA's psychological operation to convert our thinking about art and just about everything else. Everybody IS free to express themselves, but only true artists are skilled to create true art. It's the Left (meaning; anti-Americans wanting communism via socialism first) tearing away at everything in American life; standards, laws, rules, order, etc. The same folks who hate the tradition of family and patriarchy, painting it as inherently evil and therefore must be stopped. It really is rage against our independent and uniquely-created souls. These punks would not be alive with a microphone if it weren't for the civil structure and order of traditionally organized society. (But you probably know this!!)

[@ICEBUNNo]

As an artist myself, I hate how I spend countless hours on my art, and not even get paid ten bucks for a decent, quality piece... While people making art like this are getting famous and getting their art to sell for thousands.

[@ICEBUNNo]

omentey You haven’t seen the art I sell

[@ICEBUNNo]

To clarify, I have made more than “ten bucks for a decent, quality piece,” but some pieces, people just aren’t as interested in. If you’ve ever been an artist, I’m sure you’d know the feeling of putting hours of work into a piece with few people noticing it, but when you put out another piece that didn’t take you as long, you get loads of positive feedback and people saying “WOW THAT IS SO GOOD” It happens to every artist at least once.

[@rebecadonadon5275]

Ahem, millions

[@Polymath2B]

I can understand your frustration. Some artists work on pieces with the accuracy and deliberateness down to the very millimeter and don’t even get recognized while some look like they painted some “modern art” while blindfolded and drunk and thief pieces sell for thousands... a real shame.

[@evanli8813]

Most of the artists that get rich off of modern art actually became famous through realistic or other types.

[@jocornel]

It’s “the Emperor has no clothes” for the modern art world!

[@kevinlucas9905]

That's actually a great way to describe alot of things going on.

[@koushikdas5097]

Leo Tolstoy approved this comment.

[@nexalusthegreat1630]

@@kevinlucas9905 hell even the kids in this video were confused. That's an excellent way of putting it

[@puipui7382]

This is literally the most tired overused comparison. Anything remotely abstact has this comment. Also everyone thinks they're clever like they came up with it. It is like a douchebag coming of age moment.

[@VR-gs9hd]

Because it's not art to begin with- is the short answer. Not everyone is an artist. Even Picaso earned his initial reputation as a great artist by being able to actually draw and paint anything he wanted. He later switched to cubism, not out of laziness or incompetence, but because he saught new challenges and further evolution. So yeah, period blood painting is not art.

[@warpnin3]

They'll make paintings with used diapers next

[@hesha912]

@@warpnin3 or weed which you could also inhale to get extra sensations

[@warpnin3]

@@hesha912 They won't find that groundbreaking and shocking enough😕🙄

[@legostarwarsbattledroid5272]

Look up artist's shit by an itlaian artisy who put his feces on a can and sold them for millions of dollars

[@legostarwarsbattledroid5272]

Picassos paintings are eyesores. Ugly af

[@rho4853]

They are afraid to hurt peoples feelings.

[@Somethingshouldgohere]

Kindness is a virtue

[@rho4853]

Honesty is a virtue

[@Somethingshouldgohere]

Honesty serves no purpose when you don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@rho4853]

And kindness is weakness if misused.

[@weijun998]

@@Somethingshouldgohere It is not kind if u are keeping other people in delusion either. If it sucks, it sucks. Too many people are so afraid of hurting other peoples feeling that a lot of people think they're good when in reality they're nothing special and lead to a bunch of over confident bums who think they deserve everything under the sun. U want to be kind? Be honest, help them do something more realistic thats better catered for their strengths.

[@johnmoore4822]

How hard was it to hold that laughter in? Got me to laugh cough, cough!!

[@nevermindimjustapasserby]

I think I'm going to have a heart attack after laughing sooo much!! 😂😂😂

[@dagnytaggart5955]

People don't realize they're being mocked. No, not everyone's expression has value.

[@dagnytaggart5955]

@Fracking Saves What is your point? it shows that people are afraid of expressing their true feelings about what they see and hear or they've been so thoroughly conditioned as to think any kind of expression has value. They probably believe all cultures are equally valid as well.

[@nipnop4954]

Dagny Taggart what do you mean “value@

[@ICEBUNNo]

1:10 “Does it make you feel any type of way?” “Uhhhhh confused?” I was having a bad day til I heard that kid say that. 😂

[@michaelg7904]

The most insidious part of this exercise is how some of those people were absolutely afraid of telling the truth! The one boy and the cop gave the most truthful responses - confusion and laughter. My soul grieved when the one man talked about how “our progressive culture had broke a lot of [the old standards].” It was funny when Will was trying to decipher his painting and could not, so he changed the subject!

[@miriamschiro1773]

Yup my fave and more realistic response was the boy 1st then the cop. Everyone else just trying to be nice

[@Somethingshouldgohere]

Kindness is a virtue

[@pbonfanti]

@@Somethingshouldgohere lying is not.

[@Somethingshouldgohere]

Renato Bonfanti They were asked what they saw in it and they gave an answer, how do you know they were lying?

[@gameofman]

@@Somethingshouldgohere yes indeed, but do not confuse politeness to kindness. Those people just being polite, not kind. Being honest is kinder than politely lie.

[@daskampffredchen]

DaVinci was an Inventor painter carved statues Todays artists can be replaced by a 12year old with paint

[@nipnop4954]

Das Kampffredchen anti intellectual

[@blu-phinix0092]

12old are way better 2year old maybe closer

[@AkshayGowda007]

Not 12 year old but 2 year old toddlers 😂

[@Enne_esse]

Only if you know no actual living artists today. Artists and beautiful art, do exist today.

[@danielwoulfe6550]

At least one lady was honest! It was hilarious watching the leftists pretend they liked it!

[@Somethingshouldgohere]

How do you know they were leftists?

[@TheSpectacledOwl]

And the kids. The kids were as brutally honest as always.

[@Somethingshouldgohere]

tinylilmatt So basically, you don’t. When you blame the left for something with not only no evidence, but that isn’t even political in the first place, it really uncovers how your bias clouds your critical thinking. But yes, they looked terrified, nothing to do with being polite.

[@danielwoulfe6550]

asher leask We know they’re leftists because they support relativism. (They believe everything is subjective)

[@danielwoulfe6550]

Plus the left isn’t just a n area of the political spectrum. Leftist ideas are present in religion, music, art, psychology, science, philosophy and many more fields.

[@sbishi9527]

*Leonardo Da Vinci :"I painted the* *Mona Lisa"* *Will Witt : "Hold my paint brush"*

[@claires8735]

😂😂😂

[@michaelmiky11]

How are you gonna paint without a paint brush?

[@johnspinelli9396]

Will Witt: "I'm gonna end this man's career"

[@sbishi9527]

John Spinelli he's already dead.U can't say that!

[@warpnin3]

@@michaelmiky11 exactly.

[@gulagwarlord]

I'm a classically trained realist artist, if you guys only knew how hard it was to learn the skills of the masters because of these people... It may or may not surprise you to know that Realist/Classical Ateliers and Academies are not eligible for accreditation and therefore promising students cannot receive loans or grants yet at a modern art school you can get a free ride for edgy "period-blood" paintings you did your senior year of high school. Modernists of the early 20th century almost wiped the traditions of painting and sculpture from the face of the planet in an effort to "not repeat the mistakes of the past that led to WWI." Look up the Armory show of 1913 where it all started. The economics of modern art also CRIPPLED the traditional artists of the time. Why spend a month on a painting when Picasso can crank out 10 canvases in a day? As a gallery, why only sell 10 paintings per month when you can sell 100's??? I plan on writing a book on my experiences as an art student navigating our broken world in an effort to piece together the puzzle left to us by the great masters of the Victorian era and prior. Many of the Ateliers and Academies of today only exist because of a few direct lines of lineage as well as painting manuals/texts.

[@LOOMING_WRAITH_OF_BAD_OMEN]

Yeugh. You're the second person in this comment section I've seen attribute "period blood paintings" to liberal "artists". Is that a thing they actually do?

[@MKCarol-ms7lg]

LOOMING WRAITH OF BAD OMEN Yes. I've even seen it with the pad.

[@michaelfoye1135]

@@LOOMING_WRAITH_OF_BAD_OMEN Yes, it actually happened. And the progressive "art" establishment panned it as brave and brilliant.

[@michaelfoye1135]

That sounds like an interesting, and possibly important book. You should definitely consider making the effort.

[@gulagwarlord]

@@MKCarol-ms7lg Bad people can have good taste too.

[@cabal4171]

There's no standards in art? Spitting on the face of the great painters of the past, who took their time to master their craft

[@nipnop4954]

Cabal anti intellectual

[@JackedThor-so]

Dude, read a book! Most of the people we hail as great artists were considered radicals and terrible in their time, picasso in particular.

[@cabal4171]

@@JackedThor-so Dude, it wasnt really until the impressionist movement and onwards that some great artists were beginning to be considered 'radicals' in the sense you're using it. This wasn't true of the periods before (i.e. baroque renaissance, romantic etc.) And for God's sake you dont think Picasso had standards and honed his craft? Part of the reason that art (in general; architecture, music, etc.) keeps becoming simpler and in some cases degenerate, is because people have completly divorced it from craft. This mostly happened after the World Wars, however some seeds were planted in the romantic periods. So I invite you to read a book, or several, and educate yourself.

[@sauronthemighty3985]

The core of art is skill

[@vikingmama93]

I shook my head at modern "art" when I was a kid myself. I remember saying, "I could do THAT!"

[@David_Me825]

U are not alone

[@a.b.h.i.j.i.t.h]

but you didn't!

[@joshdeveaux6936]

@Fracking Saves man your a fgenius

[@vikingmama93]

@@a.b.h.i.j.i.t.h I did it all the time. Just knew it wasn't worth a 💩 so I didn't try to fool anyone into buying it! Lol

[@vikingmama93]

@Fracking Saves thank you for your kind words.

[@holaburger6075]

The kids are always honest man.

[@rebecca5279]

nd the irony is, their artwork is honest & way better than some of these dumb adults who may be doing some of the most ridiculous modern art ( ie duct taping a banana to a wall, blank canvases, poop in a can, or peeing in a street & declaring it art and getting a ton of money or even millions for it). Problem is it's all run by brain dead ultra rich people & their $$$$ controls it all, nothing else. Doesn't have anything to do with the actual art, the standards, skill, beauty, talent or intent of the artist.

[@claraharney2914]

"So, this kind of represents, like, Japanese masculinity"

[@claires8735]

😂😂😂😂

[@andrebaxter4023]

lmao.

[@MaximilianonMars]

@Fracking Saves no u

[@gregoutcalt6773]

I’m glad to see that there are still Honest Cops out there.

[@patrioticjustice9040]

To create beautiful art requires a soul; not brainwashed political narratives.

[@patrioticjustice9040]

domhnall777 So what's left? Drones covering canvases and their faces in menstrual blood and circling around a flag, droning, "He will not divide us?" Or dying your armpit hair to look like a rainbow? Because from people like ANTIFA, that's as close to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel as it's gonna get.

[@SuperReallyNice]

@domhnall777 Oooo, feel the bern...

[@LOOMING_WRAITH_OF_BAD_OMEN]

Nice, cute little sentiment, but I have to ask from a neutral standpoint: Does your big brain philosophical quote only apply when it comes to liberal/leftist agendas?

[@anemoia3321]

If you "pour" your "soul" on the canvas with no proper painting technique you will get exactly what modern artists "draw"

[@AlexKomnenos]

domhnall777 not really. Conservatives conserve what is beautiful and good. Leftists are only good at tearing down, any halfwit can do that. Creating or building something with permanence however requires standards

[@roleplayingpain4349]

My art teacher in highschool in the 90s was an old hippie woman. She said and drew alot of strange stuff. One thing she said that was absolute genius, that I will never forget and forever changed my view of art, is this : Effective art is art that garners a reaction. It doesn't matter if the reaction is good or bad. Ineffective art garners a non reaction and is forgotten the second you look away.

[@worldsgreatestspy5836]

I mean, people see things in Rorschach cards too, doesn't make them art

[@palimpalim5291]

How can you say that you MISOGYNIST?

[@worldsgreatestspy5836]

@@palimpalim5291 don't be ridiculous, my comment makes it perfectly clear that I'm a WHITE NATIONALIST

[@johannesmaximilian848]

"Modern art" is one of the places where the descending of the West can be seen unlike anywhere else... its disgraceful. Modern art has completly departed from the traditional european standards of aesthetics, hence its absolute dreadfulness.

[@nipnop4954]

Maximilian R. Astor that doesn’t logically follow at all you anti intellectual

@@nipnop4954 Posting "anti intellectual" to everyone, in every comment, doesn't make you sound intelligent at all, btw.

[@nipnop4954]

@ ok?

[@MrHydroguy]

Yes if you look into history art has devolved not evolved. There are statues that cant be done today.

[@mrp3966]

Agreed. I feel the same about music also, you?

[@Bopperann]

The artists with the capabilities still exists, but they are not given credit or admiration unless they drink the KoolAid and embrace the gross/ugly as beautiful. A self-damaging lie one _must_ convince themselves of, less their careers be razed by the gatekeepers.

[@verios44]

Mr P Music is in a really horrible poaition. Look up the Millenial whoop. Its a saying that discribes a form of music. That same form of music can be found in every single “hit” song in the past ten years. Hence why if you break it down, most modern music sounds very similar.

[@99Yteu]

@Michael Madden We are a long way from Mozart and Bach

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

69 likes nice

[@grenadiergord]

I love the officer.... "It reminds me of cake"

[@KhordKitty]

Exact same thing happened at my college with atonal music. People are listening to non-music and trying to think of hyper-intellectualized psycho-babble to give it legitimacy.

[@jonathanwood6113]

@Alice Moore nah the OP above is clearly the idiot.

[@nipnop4954]

Khord Kitty you’re trolling right

[@puipui7382]

There is alot of great atonal music. Art is subjective to deny that is peak douche energy.

[@luismenezes8261]

I'm not going to generalize. There are some good decent modern art. It's a matter of personal preference. However, there are some which are completely pointless and to seem to have been made by 5 year.olds But for most part, there are some decent modern art work out there.

[@riel1674]

Decent art are often overshadowed by the bad ones especially due to critics

[@fourthright]

I made a fine painting and sold it for a dollar. I accidently spilled paint on it and it sold for a million dollar.

[@ryanalving3785]

Ladies and gentlemen, mr. Jackson Pollock!

[@CivRev10]

Of course Dennis Prager would have a meaning behind his painting.

[@anonemous2]

As soon as I heard him "explaining" his painting - I was hoping for the kids to explain theirs 😒

[@eternalmiasma5586]

Honestly his children are smarter than him

[@eeveegaming4798]

he's good at bullshitting. He also looks good in a painting outfit, hard to hate him when he looks like a grandpa.

[@cedricburkhart3738]

Lol I want it.🥺😂

[@Itsusz]

There is no Modern Art or ..........Arts There is only Good and Bad Art😊

[@davidford3115]

I prefer the mantra "Art is art, but there is absolutely no accounting for taste".

[@Itsusz]

David Ford Exactly 🤗

[@davidford3115]

@Fracking Saves Talking about yourself? I'm not defending the trash, merely pointing out that people have different preferences. And the ONLY reason why this stuff even gets to be called "art" is because some rich idiot paid to have it on display. It is our responsibility to mock and ridicule it.

[@davidford3115]

@Fracking Saves Just because you say so doesn't make it true. Reality is, if there is no market, no demand, the artist goes broke and the work never gets sold.

[@googlesucks100ballsandshaf6]

Exactly, kind of like there is no right or left politically. There is only morally right and wrong. Just so happens that 99% of the morally right... Is on the right.

[@Enne_esse]

We don't create modern art anymore. We create contemporary art. Modern art era ended in the late 1960s/70s. Since then, all current art forms are under the contemporary movement. You can find great art in any era. This was more of an abstract art style, which is an acquired taste, but not the only type of art that exists nowadays. Lots of realism exists in modern and contemporary art. I like Prager U, but the crowd here is mostly not an art crowd.

[@Victor_Victory]

Modern art actually looks VERY beautiful... When you’re drunk or high

[@ChainsawChuck13]

That would explain a lot.

[@jonathanwood6113]

Who said any art or any THING has to be beautiful to appreciate it? I too used to poo-poo "modern' art, abstraction, etc, when I was 12 and knew nothing about it. It wasn't aesthetically pleasing to the eye, and so I didn't like the way it looked. Then, after just a cursory education of that work (not to mention the many years of learning about it later), I saw it in a different light. It's not meant to "look pretty", so why judge it only in the arena of things like flowers and attractive people and decorations? Also, pretty art, being that it's just that and nothing deeper, is BORING. Just like pretty people, if they've nothing else going for them, have no interests, aren't smart, can't hold a conversation, etc, are also boring. Books with nice covers that contain uninteresting subject matter, are garbage. Come on.

[@yourdailydoseofreality3219]

Jonathan Wood If you think abstract art is deep, I really feel sorry for you.

[@jonathanwood6113]

@@yourdailydoseofreality3219 that's not really a rebuttal I can respect. Try again. For instance - how would you define "deep"? So we're on the same page - then, how is abstract art not whatever you think "deep" is?

[@jonathanwood6113]

@@yourdailydoseofreality3219 and to clarify why I ask - never in my response did I describe/label abstract art as "deep", and if you're implying that artwork is/can only be either beautiful or deep, then I would argue that's a false dichotomy and, again, someone on here is blatantly advertising theirack of education on these matters.

[@BiggMo]

There two challenges that in modern art. 1st, artists have become political social warriors - because it’s an easy subject. No longer are they the visual poet unfolding the human condition and the depth of nature. And 2nd, they forgo learning the craft of art skipping the hard work and leapfrogging straight to abstract art. No longer is abstract or interpretive art an extension of talent - it has become a substitute for talent. Actually, after rereading my own comment- there is only one reason. They’re lazy.

[@jonathanwood6113]

Omfg what are you even talking about.. no one makes abstract art anymore. More one. Also, talent is innate; skill is learned. But yes, many young artists these days choose to forgo/ignore the basics - but not out of laziness - they're a mixture of impatient and untrusting of/uninterested in the process that all art schools and colleges put them through. Which, funnily enough, contradicts this and Prager "u"'s other video - and this joke of a "university" is just making things worse by spreading this uneducated garbage.

[@jonathanwood6113]

@Alice Moore go away from this public video posted on a public forum that has comments to spur public discourse? Nah. And says I? I do says, and I'm right.

[@yourdailydoseofreality3219]

Jonathan Wood “No one makes abstract art anymore”🤣 Did you just came out of a cave?

[@BiggMo]

Jonathan Wood: Abstract art is known as any art form that is not an accurate representation of a form or object. What this means is that you will not see a definite shape or figure in the art, you will have to look at it closely and interpret what you see. The art itself is differed in many ways including color and form. The artist sees something in the painting and artwork and often the viewer may see something not intend by the artist.

[@jonathanwood6113]

@@BiggMo here, it explains what abstract art is way better en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_art even gives the history.

[@RobertHelferJr]

Dennis at the end is just hilarious!

[@kevinfalcon4488]

I love how you can see Will trying not to laugh.

[@AlxzAlec]

Baby: paints random stripes Millionaire: ILL TAKE IT FOR 6 BILLION!

[@Brandon-vq9qi]

Al_xz then they wouldn’t be a millionaire....

[@alorgb7440]

Milionaires don't have any billion

[@laoaidan2400]

There are standards to art. If I work for years honing my craft, practicing constantly and screwing up my wrist to create something, and someone can yeet some paint at a canvas and call it art, I'd be pissed if some random non-artist or stranger told me "there are no standards for art, it's about expression". I am pissed that some random stranger told you that. If there's no standard for art, then why are there art schools? It's like saying there's no standard for any sort of artistic craft, so long as it's about feelings. That anything can be garbage so long as it's what you feel inside (not to be confused with painting garbage on purpose because you feel like garbage). It's like saying doctors can get away with shady and subpar medical practice because they feel that they shouldn't be held to standard or expected to produce goods or services of high quality. Sorry for long comment, but i didn't dedicate my life to getting told "artist isn't a good career idea" and spending my time proving people who said that wrong, just for someone to say it's for nothing.

[@rebecca5279]

Yes!

[@shawnrhem2721]

Modern art, including music, was dumbed down to ruin exceptionalism in society.

[@jonathanwood6113]

Citation needed. But, since you'll find no literary, nor trustworthy, nor sensical evidence to support your claim, I'll respond immediately: what? You're implying there was some sort of.. memo-from-on-high that dictated all art to be "dumbed down", that all "modern" artists unquestionably followed this directive, and that it was all, across the board, including in the music industry, done in the name of ruining "exceptionalism" - whatever tf that is/means..? 1) the art you speak of, overall and individually speaking - took far more thought, attention to detail, cerebral content, and artistic/intellectual know-how than any "Master's" piece depicting various bible sequences or one-liners - and certainly more than the countless pieces commissioned by the church in order to one-up other artists' work of the same names 2) the path to abstraction was a long, arduous, and all-together fascinating journey through time and tradition, and yet it's simple enough for the vast majority of college students to grasp after whichever low-level Art History class they took to learn it (its reiterated many times during many different classes because it all overlaps, and revisits this very rudimentary of concepts/timelines) 3) an interesting thing about abstraction is that the hyper disciplined, hyper-respectful Japanese calligraphy artists eventually broke their own craft down until arriving at the same type of abstraction y'all hate for no good reason. If y'all had actually looked in to any of this I think you would have typed out such crap

[@yourdailydoseofreality3219]

Shawn Rhem And yet these “abstractionists” have become the most fierce exceptionalists. If you don’t “understand” their “art”, you are an idiot. Just look at the two ridiculously aggressive people in this comments section.

[@jonathanwood6113]

@@yourdailydoseofreality3219 I'm no abstract artist, but I have a great appreciation for their very easily understood artwork. If you don't get it then you're just lazy, and/or willfully obstinate/ignorant.

[@shawnrhem2721]

Here’s an article by music industry insiders explaining how the industry used hip hop to dumb down the culture. It apparently worked on you, Jonathan!www.hiphopisread.com/2012/04/secret-meeting-that-changed-rap-music.html

[@yourdailydoseofreality3219]

Jonathan Wood Thanks for proving my point. Continue insulting people and showcasing your psychological issues.

[@metaljacket8128]

It sucks because of relativism. Literally that's it. "That canvas is whatever you want it to be! Anything you see!"

[@aliensoup2420]

That essentially makes the viewer the artist. The viewer is using their mind while the "artist" reaps the benefits of others' imagination. In any other situation, they would be regarded a con-man, or con-artist, if you prefer. There is more artistry in the con than on the canvas.

[@peachesandcream8753]

@@aliensoup2420 That's actually a very good point and it's spot on. These "artists" are lazy and expect the viewer to interpret what is on the canvas, essentially giving the art no meaning of it's own thus making it worthless, but the mindset of modern art nowadays would call that kind of art a "masterpiece".

[@aliensoup2420]

@@peachesandcream8753 Is it any wonder that the rise of Marxism and the modern art movement are coincidental. Modern art could be thought of, in a sense, as cultural Marxism. Ayn Rand says it better in "The Romantic Manifesto".

[@nipnop4954]

Metal Jacket you clearly don’t understand relativism

[@JackedThor-so]

@@aliensoup2420 thank you for making that point. That's what I was thinking through the whole video!

[@danielwoulfe6550]

“Looks like a sword DRIPPING down the side” 🤣

[@ratanyiapage6610]

A "cowardly" sword 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jacobandersen6075]

“This art is-it’s total crap.” Speak for yourself, those two kids are masters.

[@briansolo]

modern art may as well be Rorshach Inkblots.

[@stephenhanley9524]

Exactly

[@Bopperann]

Well those would at least be cool looking, a recreation of a trashbag as I saw in a museum is.... disappointing.

[@RoyalistKev]

I'm personally a fan of abstract art. I have saved in my channel the best abstract/impressionist art I could find on KZbin. I like how observers have to find meaning in the artwork, and how the observer plays a role in creating the art. In the more objective and realistic art styles, it feels like the artist became a photocopy machine. I don't mean to denigrate those artists who are skilled in realism, the best part is my opinion ultimately doesn't matter, art is supposed to be subjective. I feel conservatives should get into abstract art because it's an exercise in creativity and imagination. lack of creativity and imagination is responsible for our cultural failures.

[@Dr.Sho_Minamimoto]

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and clearly, they are blind to art theory as much as they are to reality.

[@davidford3115]

Art is art, but there is NO accounting for taste. I prefer Eastern classical art over the crap they pass off as modern art today.

[@cedricburkhart3738]

Can we find my people like you 🤔

[@EvansEasyJapanese]

I love he couldn't keep it together after he said "Japanese masculinity"

[@norvusordoseclorum]

They like it because it reminds them of what's in themselves!

[@megabuster3940]

: Meaningless filth and squander

[@amberslahlize7961]

Crap? Or confusion?

[@norvusordoseclorum]

@@amberslahlize7961 Both

[@amberslahlize7961]

@@norvusordoseclorum I liek u

[@derikmarkonchi8507]

90% of yall judging modern art can't even draw a stick figure straight. You can't judge an art when you don't even understand it. True modern artists can differentiate between scribbles and modern art. If it's so dumb then why are business elites always purchasing at such prices them as decorations? You gotta be sophisticated to understand this typa thing. PragerU isn't nearly sophiscated to think deeply about art. In fact modern art does not choose an audience of average people.

[@kevenge7287]

Hearing Mr Prager's speech on his art, I would have totally bought it.

[@vizualedit0r481]

The problem isn't the modern art, it's the recognition of good modern art amongst regular citizens.

[@rottenapple4404]

When he had to keep the act together at 1:30 😂😂😂 I was dying laughing.

[@rottenapple4404]

@Fracking Saves U seY WuT bRo brO????

[@katherineb.3140]

Love this. Modern Art = The Emperor’s New Clothes. What I find far more interesting is art drawn by children.

[@cedricburkhart3738]

Oh me to I would much rather go through a vast building hoesed by the art of children.

[@FrancisoDoncona]

Because people with no talents have access to someone else’s money.

[@cindymananzalamartinez6679]

Modern arts enthusiasts completely missed the point of the meaning of art.

[@cedricburkhart3738]

I need friends that think like that.

[@cedricburkhart3738]

Actually we need artistes that think like that.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

First off, you mean contemporary art. Second, it's not awful. There are some great painters, photographers, and filmmakers working today. Unfortunately, a majority of the art is driven purely by ego coupled with zero humility.

[@nipnop4954]

Ricardo Cantoral like anything really

[@janeldryan7466]

Thank you. This topic deserves way more attention, but it’s a great start. As someone who’s been in the art world her whole life, it’s been maddening to know what art actually is and to see what society has turned it into. This nails it. But again, I’d love to see a deeper discussion about this.

[@cedricburkhart3738]

Wow I wish I knew more people like that.

[@dan9700]

Wish you showed the reaction of the others after you said it was done by kids lol

[@simiouno6125]

Good on the woman who laughed at him..modern art is shite..it's a hiding place for people who can't draw ! !

[@LeviAckerman-cb5ji]

"everyone's expression should be valid" It doesn't mean it should be art.

[@TV_Atlas205]

well, what is the baseline of art? What are the minimum requirements for something to be art?

[@LeviAckerman-cb5ji]

@@TV_Atlas205 Well, for the art to resemble something of substance would be nice.

[@TV_Atlas205]

@@LeviAckerman-cb5ji and what is the minimum requirement of substance? It sounds like its all subjective.

[@LeviAckerman-cb5ji]

@@TV_Atlas205 I don't know. Are you capable of discerning an in depth painstaking emotional process apart from a five minute series of splatter and spastic brush strokes? There is nothing subjective about either of those. One is an artist, the other is trash. If you cannot tell the difference, then true art is completely lost on you.

[@josephbass3156]

Levi Ackerman time spent on a art piece does not equate to a quality piece of art The beauty of art is something can leave a profound effect on one person and not another art is completely subjective. This is why art snobs are looked down upon

[@alexhobbs2352]

Yes, when a stranger shows you a piece of art they made and explains what it means people are generally polite and go along with it. Is that a bad thing...?

[@NateTheGuyy]

"Japanese masculinity" LMFAO

[@batfang5583]

Reminds me of a prank someone pulled at an art gallery where they put a pair of glasses on the floor with nothing else around it, bare floor, bare walls, just to see how people would react. There were oohs and aahs and pictures taken and attempts to explain the profundity. Idiots. I'd like to think that eventually someone came along and while the amazed crowd watched, said something like ah there they are, picked them up, put them on, and calmly walked away.

[@thedominator5620]

*Somebody dumps their bodily fluids onto a canvas* "This is art!" (Believe it or not, there was a video about painting with " . " blood)

[@JacobEllinger]

Can we get a behind the scenes video about this video? That bit with you and Mr Prager painting was the best part of this video to me.

[@macklyon7476]

Dennis Pragers looked like sundaes on a cake. I think I’m hungry 😂

[@mrmysterycake]

As a meme creator, I have standards. My audience is Reddit.

[@Neophitos_O_Egkleistos]

At least you draw better than me.

[@paulshayter1113]

Why is modern art so bad? Because the people making it don't have any talent.

[@istp1967]

They look like Rorschachs - as in, "I want you to look at these cards and tell what you see" . . . 😂😂😂

[@thedominator5620]

This kind of light-hearted stuff is amazing to watch. Keep up the good work! :)

[@mikewalters3048]

Several years ago I was forced to go on a "gallery hop", visiting about a dozen modern art galleries in one evening. I saw enough framed multicolored toilet seats and spray painted driftwood "sculptures" to last me a lifetime. I will now tell you in five words why modern art is so bad... _the invention of the camera_ .

[@AttRandyReynolds]

I have heard that the invention of the camera changed many things. It both changed art and ushered in a new art form. I've always thought of photography as an "easy" art form. It all but ended portrait art.

[@Demiligne]

+ *Mike Walters* The invention of the camera is a major reason this sort of art exists in the first place. Realism lost a lot of merit once it became possible to photograph a realistic portrait in seconds. That's why there was a movement away from realism and towards abstraction, which had more scope for creativity and less competition.

[@Enne_esse]

Not modern art. Some of that sounds contemporary.

[@danielh9252]

Modern art is currency for the elite. It's not supposed to be beautiful or inspirational.

[@Hevynly1]

I'm a professional artist, so this video totally resonated with me! People should not have to struggle so hard to figure out what your art is representing. There are too many excuses in art to cover for people lacking talent. I love how Will was laughing through his on-the-spot BS spiel too. Cracked me up! Great video, as always!

[@TheyCalledMeT]

yep .. the VAST majority of modern art looks to me like done by a toddler .. or been found in a trash bin ..

[@nipnop4954]

TheyCalledMeT anti intellectual

[@GVSolo]

(1:10) "Confused". I love that kid!!! Now that is a true art critic.

[@philosorapper378]

Why does Will look homeless

[@forsaken841]

Callum Steward blending in in LA

[@Dr.Sho_Minamimoto]

Callum Steward I’d imagine that’s what a lot of people in the area look like, at least from what I can tell.

[@comicbookguy2326]

that's what a liberal artist looks like

[@nipnop4954]

Callum Steward because he is

[@BennyLindo]

At first I was ready to congratulate the girl cop on getting it. Then she said there should be no standards in art, “especially today” 🤦‍♂️

[@michaelp8727]

Because of the left...

[@Somethingshouldgohere]

Any explanation for that or?...

[@samsmusichub]

I can see the attempt here, but another possible explanation and a simpler one (S/O to Occam) for these responses is that most people are inherently nice and they're not going to want to offend the artist right in front of them. So to avoid confrontation they'll give the (perceived) artist the benefit of the doubt and even justify white lies to avoid awkwardness and being rude. I FIND IT AWESOME and reassuring that the cop and the kid were the only ones who were just upfront and honest. That's integrity (willing to say the truth even when uncomfortable) and the innocence of youth at work. They're my heroes.

[@GodsAutobiography]

PragerU thinks kids art is crap!! =P I too, think it's crap.

[@debrtx]

Love this! This past summer I took a college course in Art, I was shocked to see the garbage that passes for art. Even art has been so downgraded and people are afraid to really speak the truth. Art use to inspire and elevate people.

[@maxsmodels]

"confused & scribbles".....that kid and the cop were the sharpest critics of the day.

[@anonemous2]

Will and Denis - glad to see this! I also follow Paul Joseph Watson, and he has several videos on so-called "modern art" and "modern architecture". You are both in agreement!

[@eliaskylliainen6537]

I wouldn't say that modern art is bad at all

[@Hevynly1]

I'm a professional artist, so this video totally resonated with me! People should not have to struggle so hard to figure out what your art is representing. There are too many excuses in art to cover for people lacking talent.

[@ajb.822]

Honestly no, there should be no standards to art ( other than totally obsene etc. maybe ). U are free to create what you want to and others are free to like it, buy it or even be fools over it. P. S. : this reminds me of the Hogan's Heroes episode in which Klink paints like those : ) : ) .

[@KT-hv5tn]

I went to a modern art museum a few years ago. (I won't say which city) One exhibit was a basket full of rocks. One was a room that was pitch black that you stood in for a few minutes until you were disoriented. One picture was just a round yellow dot. And one exhibit was a reflection of the ceiling of the museum in a barrel of oil. I'd like to have those 2 hours back.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

Please note, none of the people said the stuff was good, not even Will. They were just commenting on what was before them. Had they made a proclamation that the stuff was good, fabulous or an actual judgement of quality that would be different, but Will sets it up at the end with an implication the people thought the work was brilliant or even worthy. No one said that those painting were any of that.

[@jaredh9463]

If they are liberals they wouldn't call it good. They wood speak of it's depth, how thought provoking it was and how they could extract what the artist was thinking or trying to subconsciously convey. Many of those things they did do and given enough time Will would have found people to hit all those lines of thinking. They certainly didn't say it looked like a child did it except for the officer when she was pressed to be honest. Only the children where honest. The others were either lying or desperately looking for something deep where there was nothing but babble. The adults had forgotten how to be decent people because they were not seeking the truth but just the comfort of conformity. If they were german soldiers in 1944 they would have been more likely to let the gas in the shower rooms than the child that said the paintings make him feel confused.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

@@jaredh9463 So you make no room for colours to excite or abstract patterns to come together to bring fascination or joy? Have you looked at a sunset or a cloud formation on beautiful day and not taken in how wondrous those abstractions are? I am not going to defend modern art as a whole, but I will defend people's sincere emotions created by them, when they are not being precocious of course. I have seen in two major museums scrapings from a sheet rock wall that were called "art" and signs saying, "do not clean this up." (LACMA, and Seattle). I have also seen peach skins spread all over vast amounts of the floor (Philadelphia Art Museum) and I have seen ratty old pillow cases and bed sheets nailed to the wall (Hammer, Los Angeles), to name a small amount, so yes there is some stupid trash out there, and that was actual trash. But I have also seen beautiful colour splashes that were echoes of astronomical nebulae that were just breath taking, for my eyes. If the art touches it touches. There are thousands of years of great stuff, and all the stupid trash of the last 150 years is already fading away, but like all great art, the good stuff, finds its way to the top to be remembered.

[@jaredh9463]

@@TheRadioAteMyTV I most certainly do see beauty in random patterns and in many childs' drawings. Pondering how patterns are made in nature or having a child explain what each line or shape represents in their world is a worthwhile endeavor. But I don't need to go to an art museum to see that. How I see unskilled, unrefined and undisciplined Modern Art is not just like how I see a broken machine, it is like looking at a machine that never worked. There's most certainly a Beauty in classic cars, architecture, infrastructure and equipment as well as ancient objects that give you a glimpse into the present or past of man or beast, but a piece of Machinery that never worked or a simple Rock a caveman hypothetically used to crush a rabbit is not awe-inspiring or a historical artifact. But I imagine if one could have depictions of all of the 1,000 efforts of Thomas Edison's light bulb that didn't work on display it would be fascinating because a beautiful order was realized that positively impacted human existence. A highlight of a display such as that would be the final depiction, showing a light bulb in great detail with detailed descriptions of how it worked. It would be interesting to have quotes from people that saw it for the first time or about the first experience of having it in their home. It would be great Beauty to behold a display like this. For all I know this has never been displayed like this and I've never heard of it ever talked about, so I hope that would show that I am not devoid of constructive awe. What saddens me is that Modern Art has pushed out art that people of great talent or discipline have made that transcends our natural world and our day-to-day life. This is the kind of art that practical people dearly want to see and preserve. I wouldn't mind if there was a small area of a museum that displayed Modern Art that had some thought provoking element, just like I can appreciate the intricacies of a spider crawling across my kitchen floor, but I don't need to immerse myself in it. I'm probably about to make a statement I'm not qualified to make, but I will state it anyway. People that go around spending hours looking at Modern Art and forcing others to do so with them don't generally see Beauty in the world as happy people. They look down on people such as a mechanic who sees art in how a brake system works or are dismissive of how wonderful a simple breakfast of eggs and toast can be from a loving stay-at-home mother. Imagine going to a sports bar where all the TVs show toddlers playing sports. Maybe in one place and time this would be interesting and cute. But then imagine every Sports Bar in the United States only showing toddlers playing sports. Not only would current patrons of sports bars be upset, but the Modern Art types would be horrified by the grotesque display of the patriarchy and ugly aggressive masculine social norms being foisted upon the shoulders of children. This example points out two things. One- Regular honest people see unrefined poorly disciplined endeavors as futile and not be held in reverence unless it is framed within another context such as potential. Two- Modern Art types are too scared to appreciate real life or real things and would rather see it depicted in a fake world sterilized of anything that could offend the leftist holy Alliance. And for the modern art types if it offends the morality of decent people that make the world a more palatable place to live with every passing generation, then all the better! Spoiled brats always want to knock down other kids sand castles and think the tears of their victims are beautiful. And in case you didn't notice I did qualify what kind of Modern Art I didn't care for. I didn't say all modern art was bad.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

@@jaredh9463 WHEW! So much for me thinking I wrote long replies on KZbin. I am a piker compared to this. Even after both of us used enough wind to get Dorothy back home twice over, it would seem we are in agreement that the precocious are useless, outside of making fun of, and we can all be inspired by beautiful things, whether or not others want to call it art or not. My problem with this video is it was being deceptive in its implication. He should have straight out asked, "do you like it", which he never did, or "do you think it's good", which he never did to actually make the point he claims in the title. He simply set it up through editing to create the impression everyone was taking the paintings seriously, where they might have been taking him seriously as a person, not knowing they were being tricked. Allen Funt (if you know who he was) could have done this in such a fun way that would have had the people laughing with him at the end, instead of feeling duped. Will has a lot to learn about putting people on camera and on the spot. His video with eagles and abortion didn't win any friends or converts either, which I am guessing is a purpose of Prager U. PS Edison and the light bulb owe a LOT to Joseph Swan, but that's a different conversation.

[@jaredh9463]

@@TheRadioAteMyTV I was responding directly to your critique on what I had said. As someone who manages people I do get a little tired of people disregarding a point I'm trying to make simply because they don't like my presentation methods or a small detail they have a disagreement with. If all Will wanted to do is look like a smart person then speaking on a conservative platform wouldn't be wise. With that said, I certainly am not disagreeing that he had a lackluster performance and method, but sometimes putting yourself out there to make a point puts you at risk of not appearing to be the sharpest tool in the shed. And for my long-winded reply; I sincerely believe that many of the problems we have today are tied to peoples willingness to waste time on frivolous things such as technology troubleshooting with no sense of loss, but would rarely read a chapter of a book, let alone reading a book cover to cover. It seems that younger people think that the internet having what it has alleviates the necessity of learning anything in depth and also makes them feel small. So they figure there's no point in getting their opinion of the world well established. Many of my posts are long compared to other peoples on KZbin, but compared to how much people should be reading in a day, anything under 500 Words barely scratches the surface of any subject. Which by the way literally takes 2 minutes to read.

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

The cop was the smartest one..."it just looks like a bunch of scribbles".

[@falcongamer58]

Why am I not making bad drawings and sell them?

[@nipnop4954]

FalconGamer58 art takes talent and dedication you have neither

[@reginaldhansbrough8726]

Thought Will was going to lose it there for a sec, but he reeled it back in and stayed in character. Bravo, sir, bravo.

[@poriceblutality6611]

I'm so confused how society seems to consciously be afraid to hurt someone's feelings when it comes to one expressing themselves in this "medium" but when they express themselves politically they will try to destroy your life in many different ways, online, at your place of employment, etc.