A Quick Thought or two

Takashi Murakami appeals to the market in more than one way, something which gives him a greater amount of depth in my opinion (it is important to note here that regardless what I say about TM, I do think he is an artist and that he makes art--I see it as inevitable--but this does not mean that it makes sense on its own terms).

He not only appeals to consumers via his consumerist manner in which he makes art, but making an art corporation also appeals directly to collectors, who are frequently very wealthy business owners. The environment he created is not too unlike that which a collector might be used to. It may be more pluralist than I initially thought.

On an aside, I was going through Gardner's Art through the Ages. G:ATA is THE art history book for any class that is doing a survey class. This one was published in 1948, and the twentieth century section was vastly different than from what it is now. Seriously, I hadn't heard of 75 percent of the artists mentioned. This naturally raises questions about what is going on now; there might be an artistic revolution going on in the least likely place on the planet right now, that will only be recognized decades from today.