Meme: Romanticism

Romanticism was an 18th century artistic rebellion against aristocracy and the rationalization of nature, a plea by an entire continent full of artists to give sappiness, anger, and other raw human emotions some street cred. Now, over 200 years later, five artists are displaying their modern-day, jaded conceptions of it at the Elizabeth Foudation for […]

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Romanticism was an 18th century artistic rebellion against aristocracy and the rationalization of nature, a plea by an entire continent full of artists to give sappiness, anger, and other raw human emotions some street cred. Now, over 200 years later, five artists are displaying their modern-day, jaded conceptions of it at the Elizabeth Foudation for the Arts (EFA) Gallery in New York City.

Or, in curator speak:

...it pairs the revival of an old school art historical/ literary classification that, in some senses, revolves around 'self-love' with the phenomenon in which things reproduce like asexual wildfire.

Meme: Romanticism suggests that Romanticism was more than a formalmovement of the past but successful in changing and adapting with thetimes and the exigencies of history and with the needs contemporary artmaking.

The exhibit's set up like a theater, so the feeling you get from going is more Indie Film Fest than Art History class. Bonus image from the main feature film, Sugar, after the jump.

Sugar

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