IS IT ART?

by Emmett Williams Jr.

 

Shock Art imagery in my opinion is not art.

Art as a word implies skill and expertise of ability.

Art is created, Artists live and breathe, ‘Shock’ is a verb that only leads to foolishness and spectacle

as the lack of Art being present in it exposes its woefully limited future once the moment is over,

and all that remains is the residue of ignorance.

It’s an insult to the intelligence of all craft-minded Artisans and those educated to know the difference

of what is viable creative expression, and those seeking to prey on  unfamiliar

viewers and future Collectors before they are exposed to the real thing.

Opportunists seeking to exploit an uneducated Press who will chime in with the most vapid

of questions, granting those jobs as Reporters as long as they can recall three words,

generate speculations in place of interesting and pertinent information.

The death of journalism is due to such limited views as in their place

should have been more knowledgeable folks, to put it nicely.

People who can think beyond the moment and lay down

tracks of insight to form roads to success for others in  the community to travel on.

Roads that lead to the next generation going further than this one ever did, or ever will.