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https://www.amazon.com/Decline-Fall-Western-Art/dp/1720557853/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3G2EGNWUA49NV&keywords=brendan+heard&qid=1708278728&sprefix=brendan+he%2Caps%2C250&sr=8-4Modern art is best described as a psychological disease, the goal of which is nothing less than the total destruction of art — which it has more or less successfully done.
Modern art is not a natural evolution of art, but a kind of manufactured break from tradition, borne from a hubris and bias towards historical values. People today suffer a subconscious price for the suffocation and confusion of our ugly art galleries and cityscapes, standing in the long shadows cast by meaningless, obtuse shapes.