Please note that this artist was a user submission! I do, in fact, take suggestions for content for this channel, and I actually very much enjoy doing so! While I can't guarantee that everything submitted will actually make it on to the channel, I very much appreciate having the opportunity to look at pieces that wouldn't otherwise be on my radar. This extends to songs and, particularly, poetry too!
Okay, so back in the waybacks, David Foster Wallace speculated that the reason the rise of post-modernism occurred in the first place was because of the rise of television. Basically, the main activity went from active doing into passive observation of doing, which was reflected in the art of post-television existence. Now we exist in the era of social media, where a similar change is occurring. The main ontological state for people is no longer being, but the cultivation and creation of identities. Now, we see this reflected in our politics with the increased prevalence of gender conversations and, I suspect, it will become increasingly relevant in our art, which will focus not on the subverting the metanarrative, but rather the metanarrator.
Typed out my theory on the next great art movement, for those who want it! Also posted on my Tumblr and politics channel.
Paintings by Frida Kahlo. I wanted to post The Suicide of Dorothy Hale as well, but due to the sensitive nature of that content, I decided not to. I do, however, recommend it for all those interested!