Have you ever wondered, “Where do they come up with that nonsense for an art theme?” In this age of the Postmodern, anything goes, so it is said. Life is an experiment, where all esthetics are valid, versus the top-down dictum that this year’s fad is neo-minimalist excesses, for instance. So I am a little skeptical about the Huntington Beach Art Center’s upcoming opening show, “Obsessive/Compulsive”, which opens Friday, March 7, at 7 pm. The artists “explore the definition of obsession as a persistent, disturbing, preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling.” Isn’t that what most art is about? And how can that be a subject apart from its meaning, or why does the unorthodox point of view become the subject. If you are as confused by this double-talk art as you are unsure that it can inspire art, I’ll see you at the opening on Friday.
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