Confusion

Here I hope that some of the confusion which surrounds the art world will be cleared up.
when considering art and its manifestations it is recommended to always keep in mind, human nature. If anything is held in such high regard and confers such status on to the recipient do not be surprised to find that people will go to extraordinary lengths to be associated with it.
Before we devote anymore time to human nature an example maybe helpful. One of the main manifestations of this human frailty is artists who, artistically speaking would have difficulty tying their own shoe laces, being elevated in the art world. One such artist is Utrillo, this low grade visually illiterate amateur has been elevated to an arena in which he does not look terribly clever. Unfortunately for someone on such a brightly lit stage he can be seen very clearly to have no ability in any artistic direction what so ever. Neither in drawing, painting, perspective, tone, seeing colour, modeling, proportions, aerial perspective, subtlety, surface quality, resolution, understanding of vision, understanding of perception or the awareness of the psychological homunculus.

Let me make this clear, this is not some personal tirade against Utrillo, this is not an artist I have a lot of interest in either way. I am pointing out failings that by anyone's standards indicate someone of very poor artistic ability. Further more he must not be confused with someone who has been sold as a primitive or someone where an ironic element is to be considered, he is of the School of Paris and said to be a follower of Pissarro. To compound the confusion, in 1957, Utrillo was said to be placed, as far as purchasing value is concerned, among the greatest artists of the 20th century. Even today some 'art' collectors have paid prices approaching a million pounds to have one of these works on their wall.
The implication here seems to be that bluffing is a necessary prerequisite in the art world, for surely no one could have seen this as bad art and then decided to pay so much money for them, that they are elevated to the greatest valued 20th century works. In fact bluffing is so much a part of the artistic world that you are probably more aware of the sham which parades its self as artistic understanding than 99% of the people involved in it.
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