No Fear for Art.

With the entire economy bleeding jobs and and money, people generate the rightful assumption that art is declining.  Holland Cotter, who wrote the article "The Boom is Over: Long Live Art!" for The New York Times, does not agree with that assessment.  Cotter has no argument against the veracity that the economy is not a suitable place for any aspect of the world to flourish, that is, he says, if you think through a business filter.  Similarly in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, art had troubled times, forcing artists to move around, rooting new home grounds every decade.  With each falter that artists experienced in the past, they seemed to use their passion as a fuel to create regardless of the economic conditions; Cotter thinks that current artists can and should do just that.  Previously artists have used materials they have found in their environment, such as dirty, wood, scraps, etc., to create works of art we are proud to acknowledge.  They held shows in bathrooms, cars, subway platforms, or any area in which artists could transform into a gallery.  Their bootleg system became a monumental aspect of art history.  Cotter asks that contemporary artists use the same system to further surge the art world in a dismal time.  Not only this, but he feels that art should not solely be rooted in studio creations, but rather, should be interjected with social sciences and humanities, allowing artists to prosper through conjunction.  Cotter follows this by saying that critics alike should expand their knowledge in response to the change in art execution.

It is nice to hear that some have hope for the art world.  It just leaves the matter of following through with the idea to see if art can continue to thrive.

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