An interesting juxtaposition on both the Game of Art and Art of the Game. We've always valued the artist archetype. But it was also always a game: once an artist is a Player, they become a different kind of artist. But not always--Picasso was primarily an Artist in the more pure sense of the word, but earned status as a Player inadvertently by the weaving in of other archetypes that made him a celebrity. Pop art made art more fun, and that you could get away with anything. Postmodernism changed the art game, and it is changing again now with AI art and NFTs, which will produce similar art stars.
June 25ths
June 25ths
June 25ths
An interesting juxtaposition on both the Game of Art and Art of the Game. We've always valued the artist archetype. But it was also always a game: once an artist is a Player, they become a different kind of artist. But not always--Picasso was primarily an Artist in the more pure sense of the word, but earned status as a Player inadvertently by the weaving in of other archetypes that made him a celebrity. Pop art made art more fun, and that you could get away with anything. Postmodernism changed the art game, and it is changing again now with AI art and NFTs, which will produce similar art stars.