{"id":31543,"date":"2011-01-06T17:53:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T17:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/so-we-need-to-put-more-emphasis-again-on-the\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T10:29:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T17:29:59","slug":"so-we-need-to-put-more-emphasis-again-on-the-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/so-we-need-to-put-more-emphasis-again-on-the-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-31543 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/so-we-need-to-put-more-emphasis-again-on-the-2\/attachment\/31545\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_lem4chTqME1qescwho1_250-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_lem4chTqME1qescwho1_250-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_lem4chTqME1qescwho1_250.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>So we need to put more emphasis again on the visual in art, and it\u2019s clear that many young artists with visual talent have decided to ignore the art world\u2019s weary, self-serving conceptualist strictures and just go ahead and make the art they feel like making. They want to create optical art experiences of their own. By paying too much attention to the extremes of high or low we run the risk of undervaluing what\u2019s happening in the densely populated middle \u2014 graphic novels, graphic design, illustration, low-cost film-making \u2014 where the expressive possibilities of the visual are still embraced with conviction. This, rather than art scene-mediated art, is the real center of visual culture in our time. Are we overlooking great work only because we have been instructed for so long to assume that anything presented outside the art world\u2019s walls must be inferior? (via <a href=\"http:\/\/observatory.designobserver.com\/entry.html?entry=22938\">Where Is Art Now? Leaving the art world to decide what art is doesn\u2019t resolve the issue of quality&hellip;: Observatory: Design Observer<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So we need to put more emphasis again on the visual in art, and it\u2019s clear that many young artists with visual talent have decided to ignore the art world\u2019s weary, self-serving conceptualist strictures and just go ahead and make the art they feel like making. 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