Artists of Our Day

I think that some artists probably are making fun. Some are mocking commercialism, some are mocking the audience, and some are probably even making fun of themselves. But I think that some are just doing things out of defiance. You know how when you're a little kid (or for me it's when I'm an adult) and someone tells you that you are not supposed to do something, you want to do it even more. I think that is how some artists are reacting. Artists are met with some kind of expectation for how they are supposed to do things, what they are supposed to do, and who they are doing it for. But (being an artist myself) I can understand not wanting to meet any of those expectations and just doing whatever it is I want. In some ways, maybe, doing the exact opposite of what is expected simply because it is expected. Like I said earlier--defiance. Defiance of the normal, defiance of standards, defiance of money. But because we are humans, that rebellion of sorts is viewed as genius. So, rebellion, in a way, promotes progress. That rebellion moves the artists into different ways. It causes people to try new things and view things in different ways than before. This is what starts new art movements-- this is what makes art art.