Paintings
Paintings are pictures created on canvas or paper or some drawing medium that involve paint coated brush strokes applied to the surface of the picture. Paintings have been a popular art form for quite some time, and were even more popular in medieval times, up until the mid 1900’s because of the relative unavailability of other distractions like television.
The painting: A dying medium
Paintings are a dying medium, at least in the way they are being enjoyed now. When the word painting comes up, usually the first thing that comes to mind is a gallery where people would walk around enjoying paintings on all four walls, viewing each one for a few minutes before moving on. The amount of art is increasing to epic proportions lately, with the invention of art school and art degrees, and ironically it is because of this that so little amazing art is actually showcased in this way anymore. Because there are so many paintings out there, it is so hard to weed out the good ones from the bad.
New names in art are appearing every day and it is becoming hard for the museums to cope with all of the changes. Also a museum will usually only showcase a work if it is reasonably famous, however the question then becomes, how does one become famous in the art world if they refuse to showcase them based on them not being famous enough? It’s though work out there for a painter. And because art has proliferated so much since the early 1900’s it is nearly impossible to sort out what should be showcased with all of the great already established names. Until someone breaks through the mold, art museums will still continue to showcase what some may refer to as the same old, same old.
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