>if you don't understand this art then it's because you are too ignorant
Maybe I’m not being clear. I’m not saying anything about ignorance. I am instead saying that some people demand freedom in their art and it necessarily follows that such persons expect their aesthetic standards to be challenged. Indeed, such persons usually enjoy or at least appreciate it when a challenge to their aesthetic appears.
Others, for whom aesthetic freedom is not an animating principle, do not make that demand, preferring instead to stake out a familiar set of aesthetic expectations and forms.
Avoiding challenge and preferring familiar forms and expectations is a very popular choice - it requires far less engagement with art because most questions about importance of the art are already answered for the adherent. This easier path is always available for persons who are more comfortable belonging than they are beholding.
Maybe I’m not being clear. I’m not saying anything about ignorance. I am instead saying that some people demand freedom in their art and it necessarily follows that such persons expect their aesthetic standards to be challenged. Indeed, such persons usually enjoy or at least appreciate it when a challenge to their aesthetic appears.
Others, for whom aesthetic freedom is not an animating principle, do not make that demand, preferring instead to stake out a familiar set of aesthetic expectations and forms.
Avoiding challenge and preferring familiar forms and expectations is a very popular choice - it requires far less engagement with art because most questions about importance of the art are already answered for the adherent. This easier path is always available for persons who are more comfortable belonging than they are beholding.