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user-inactivated · 4363 days ago · link · · parent · post: I'm Sick Of Pretending: I Don't "Get" Art | VICE
I think it hinges on the fact that you can "get" modern art without getting the appeal of modern art. I understand the complexity of the pigments used in monochromatic art but I don't understand why anyone would look at it for 20 minutes. There's a difference in there, I think. You were, I believe, saying essentially this except about Van Gogh. My point was that "I don't get art" is an admission of failure or ignorance or lack of trying or what have you but "I don't get the appeal of art" is not. I place myself in the latter category when it comes to some art, be it modern. classical or anything in between, so I wanted to point out what I thought was a difference.