Friday, January 7, 2000: Shock value

[NonsenseWords]

[Bocaj Claw]

Maybe, as someone who works in what's generally regarded as a pretty lowbrow art form, I have no right to mock the pretentiousness of "real" artists. Then again, maybe there's a reason I didn't decide to become one.

[Muninn]

It takes time for some forms of art to be accepted and rise above the common perception of the lowbrow. When the Louvre opened an exhibition in the early 80's on newspaper comics Milton Caniff, one of the most influential artists in that field, was surprised and asked when they managed to get into the Louvre.

Similarly, many blues and jazz musicians regularly travelled to Europe even after those genres rose above the less prestigious labels of race music because of easier job oppurtunities at clubs and bars there.