"Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism, of which modern art is largely a mirror image."
― Christopher Lasch
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― Christopher Lasch
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- "Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure."
- "The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction."
- "Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values."
More In Art
- "Much good art got made while money ruled; I like a lot of it, and hardship and poverty aren’t virtues. The good news is that, since almost no one will be selling art, artists – especially emerging ones – won’t have to think about turning out a consistent style or creating a brand. They’ll be able to experiment as much as they want."― Jerry Saltz
- "To do a dull thing with style-now that’s what I call art."― Charles Bukowski
- "Appropriation is the idea that ate the art world. Go to any Chelsea gallery or international biennial and you’ll find it. It’s there in paintings of photographs, photographs of advertising, sculpture with ready-made objects, videos using already-existing film."― Jerry Saltz