Blog 4

I do not believe that because something becomes popular it looses its meaning or value. If it did loose its meaning than it wouldn't be so popular. I do not think that the artist is ever in control of the context in which people view or receive art. We all have different opinions on how we take things and the meanings of whether something should be popular or not. The "authenticity" of an artwork has a lot to do with people wanting to be the creators of a trend. They want to be the ones recognized for being the ones to start a trend. Just like i always dressed differently than everyone at my high school because i wanted to be "popular" and be the one remembered as being different and having my own style. I dressed a little punk and skater because everyone at my high school dressed in nothing but abercrombie and hollister. Now that I've graduated i look back and see almost everyone changing there style and dressing more like i did. Seems like now that everyone is dressing like i had made its popularity go up. I don't know how to word this very well but even though that style is getting more popular it really doesn't seem to interest me very much anymore. Now that i see everyone else doing it, to me it made that trend not so popular? i think that in order to tell if something is authentic you have to see if there is anything else like it out right now. Like with TV... the first reality TV show that i can think of was the Real World. Now it seems like you cant escape seeing reality TV. It is on every channel and in every form. Millionaire matchmaker, bridezilla, flavor of love, and even ghost hunters. And i do not know if it repeats the problematic high culture or pop culture because i am not quite sure what the distinction is? Its a little hard to grasp for me. But i am sure that by the end of class tomorrow i will be able to answer this question.