The original meme is straight up Nazi propaganda. The Nazis and fascists in general are big on enforcing a correct view of what good art is. Anytime there is someone who has a very negative view of modern art beyond simply not caring for it, it’s a red flag. Those sort of people are either vulnerable to fascism or are already fascists.
Jacob Geller’s “Who’s afraid of modern art” video talks about this subject more if anyone wants to dive deeper into it.
Cubism predates the second world war…
In Europe, the Dada (1916) and Surrealist (1920) movements began as a response to WWI. The atrocities committed during the war devastated humanity to the point where artists couldn’t (or wouldn’t) depict the human form, let alone realism.
Source: Art History nerd 🤓 The thing your post is trying to disparage, haha.
Artwork that is appreciated now…
I’m so glad we are reposting trash takes from Reddit under the guise of shitposting
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Black square was painted by Malevich around 1915.
