I think there’s some validity to the existence of a conceptual, meta-art subculture within the art world. Once you’re familiar with a medium (the compositional theories, the heritage of inspirational works, the framework of contemporary cultural context, etc), subversion becomes increasingly attractive.
Spend long enough deep diving into music, and you start unironically liking songs that sound like random noise to the average person.
Spend long enough geeking out on movies, and you start liking movies that don’t make sense to the average person.
Spend long enough immersed in any cultural medium,and you’ll get bored of convention, and you’ll gravitate towards pieces that subvert expectations and explore abstract forms.
I think there’s some validity to the existence of a conceptual, meta-art subculture within the art world. Once you’re familiar with a medium (the compositional theories, the heritage of inspirational works, the framework of contemporary cultural context, etc), subversion becomes increasingly attractive.
Spend long enough deep diving into music, and you start unironically liking songs that sound like random noise to the average person.
Spend long enough geeking out on movies, and you start liking movies that don’t make sense to the average person.
Spend long enough immersed in any cultural medium,and you’ll get bored of convention, and you’ll gravitate towards pieces that subvert expectations and explore abstract forms.