Roger Scruton is an English philosopher who specializes in aesthetics and political philosophy. His documentary, "Why Beauty Matters", is about how the ugliness in modern art and culture is eating away at our souls in the West; how we need beauty in our lives to sustain ourselves. He confronts post modern artists in the film, challenging them on the works they promote:
While there is something to be said for the abstract treatment of the question "What is art?", there is nonetheless something deeply disturbing about modern art when taken as a whole. Increasingly, it makes statements which would be better left unsaid; statements that are barely true, and erode the value of our being.
I made two response videos to the documentary, which you might also find interesting:
The Imperative of Beauty
Without Beauty There is only Lust
The documentary is very life affirming, and I believe that all of us could use some more beauty in our lives.
While there is something to be said for the abstract treatment of the question "What is art?", there is nonetheless something deeply disturbing about modern art when taken as a whole. Increasingly, it makes statements which would be better left unsaid; statements that are barely true, and erode the value of our being.
I made two response videos to the documentary, which you might also find interesting:
The Imperative of Beauty
Without Beauty There is only Lust
The documentary is very life affirming, and I believe that all of us could use some more beauty in our lives.