The New Shock of the New: David Hockney on What's Unphotographable

Twenty-five years ago the renowned art critic Robert Hughes made The Shock of the New, a landmark television series that examined the key cultural movement of the 20th Century. Now he's back to look at more recent work and to question whether modern art can still be shocking in its originality and understanding.

In an age of media saturation it's perhaps even harder to tell what is good art and what is bad; but Hughes cuts through the marketing and the hype to reveal the art that is vital and will last; the art which defines the times in which we live.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2004/jun/30/art1

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[sylandi]

Can anyone tell me (especially the person who posted this video) where I can get a copy (VHS or DVD or full online streaming/download) of "The New Shock of the New"? How did you get ahold of this clip? Thanks!

[hieraxhideo]

this guy is also crap like all modern artists

[67nairb]

@67nairb I mean art itself doesn't fascinate "me" akll that "much."

[67nairb]

@vitalalive69 Art itself doesn't fascinate all that muc, but propaganda art is great. Propaganda can be a very persuavive, in a totalitarian state. But propaganda art can be even more persuavive, it's images can capture the eye.

[vitalalive69]

@67nairb I agree with you I also wish that art would be released from economic concerns and become art again independent and with the purpose of fascinating and interesting people. For that reason I think we need to get rid of so called artists more clowns like damien Hirst and greedy collectors who pump up prices at auctions. Maybe we need more artists like the classic artists we love to look at their works. if the human race has had classicial artists in the past Im sure we have them now too

[67nairb]

@vitalalive69 Rober Hughes did produce a documentary called the BUSINESS OF ART; they have a clip of the doc. on YOU TUBE and it shows how art can be prostituted by greedy and money hungry business all for the sake of a profit. Art as you explained is no longer movement or an occupation, it's a business. I really wish that Hughes would produce, direct, host and narrate a documentary on propaganda art it would be interesting.

[vitalalive69]

@67nairb You are right indeed, I think that all political entities especially the extreme ones use art as a means of propaganda. Hitler did the same , mussolini and SDtalin as well. On the other hand the extreme capitalist and materialistic world in which we live uses art as a means of business and using art on its own extreme way. Art like classical art has become business in the Western world and a means of propaganda in the estreme political wings.

[67nairb]

@vitalalive69 One such Dadaist artist Marcell Ducahmp and he did a painting of the Mona Lisa with moustache. Duchamp added that moustache to shock people and art critics. The Dada movement was sort of a statement bourgois middle class. Many of those Dada artists were Communists or had communist leanings.

[67nairb]

@vitalalive69 Speaking of the Mona Lisa, in the SHOCK OF THE NEW series from the early 80s, there was an episode called FACES OF POWER which discussed the impact of World War One's devastation in art and the connection between art and political power in the 20th Century. Dada was an artistic as well as political movement which began in Zurich during WW1 and would evntually to Austria and Germany after it.

[vitalalive69]

@67nairb Its not a documentary about propaganda posters but in art general. Very interesting indeed how he points out thyat art has evolved from art to business !