Post-Modernism

I think I may have a theory about what this "inside joke" the question refers to is. I believe that post modern art is a jab at high culture. Think about this. The post modern artists definitely formed an "elitist" group. So you would think it was high culture. But the funny thing is that ANYONE can make post modern art. For God's sake, one piece they have at the art museum is a black canvas next to a yellow canvas....and that's it. This is not to say it doesnt require a degree of talent, but none of this talent would ever be considered worthy of high culture status. High culture is too busy staying immersed in the classical art works. Also, post modern art is almost too interpretive. It gives a staggaring degree of power to the viewer to think and decide what the piece means. How can high culture find value in something that any blue-collar tweaker can look at and interpret without having this expensive art studies degree. So the post modernists, requiring little to no money to fund projects or an education, get to have their work loved by the world and have the same status as high culturists without really conforming to high culture. If I did something like that, I'd probably smirk a lot too. So that's the long and short of my theory.


Oh, and a free cigarette to whoever knows what the "tweaker" line references.