Let's play a "spot the degen pattern" game in art history.
And take a look at human capacity to accept new perspectives and innovation 😉
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In the second half of the 19th century, when #IMPRESSIONISM emerged, the critics and the public agreed that the Impressionists couldn't draw.
Deviating from the norms and the conventional techniques, they were labeled as amateurs who cannot draw.
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Their colors were considered vulgar, the art was blamed to be a sketch, an unfinished work.
#Impressionists were targeted by the realist tradition. Their artistic freedom, spontaneity & free brushed colors were punished. They were accused to be deviant, amateur, degenerate.
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After years of reluctance, Impressionism expanded the language of art, become accepted and absorbed by the established art ideology.
When #EXPRESSIONISM emerged in 1905, the critics and the crowds were furious. First expressionists got laughed at and got rejected.
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Influenced by symbolism, #Expressionists put the feelings over realism. They focused on the world within the artist, rather than depicting the outside world.
They were blamed for not upholding the traditional values. They were censored, banished and labeled as degenerate.
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In the early 20th century, when #DADAISM emerged; the critics and the crowds were horrified by the absence of meaning, in a traditional sense.
By rejecting the conventional aesthetics, they were seen as deviants insulting the art itself in a grotesque way.
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Influenced by expressionists & cubists, #Dadaists successfully blurred the lines between mediums. And became the cornerstone for the future of [post-modern] art.
But they paid a price first: Their art was banned, censored; ridiculed and labeled as vulgar, sick, degenerate.
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In the 2nd quarter of 20th century, when #SURREALISM emerged, the critics & public were appalled.
Influenced by psychoanalysis, Dada & Romanticism, Surrealism sow distrust in logic. The mainstream culture despised it and saw it as a threat to high art; calling it nonsense.
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Rejecting conventional forms, #Surrealists put the emphasis on myths, metaphors & subconscious.
By believing that the art should come from the subconscious mind they pushed the boundaries and re-envisioned the limits of art. They were accused to be deviants and degenerates.
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After the Second World War, when #ABSTRACTEXPRESSIONISM emerged, the critics and the public agreed that this should not be something called art.
Challenging the fundamentals of art; abstract expressionism was at first found to be ridiculous, childish and amateur.
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With its radical simplicity and bold use of colors, they re-envisioned the representation in art.
The public reacted "my kid could paint that", labeled them as vulgar, amateur, degenerate. The innovations of #abstractexpressionists led the way to many movements of the 60s.
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In the early 21st century, #NFTartists emerged, disrupting the status quo, pushing the boundaries of #digitalart.
Like many avant-garde movements before, they imagined a completely new world & a new way of seeing. The crowds reacted: "Nonsense", "I can right click and save".
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Influenced by many subversive movements of the past, mixing up different techniques through AI, 8-bit graphics, memes and collages; #NFTart repositioned the value of absurd, kitsch & vulgar.
The public appalled and got furious at first. NFT creators were labeled as d...
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