From high to new art

Title: From high to new art

Author: H. Abbing

Binding: Paperback

EAN: 9789065540324

Condition: Good

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Description:
High art, the art of the civilized citizen, has passed its historical peak. The number of visitors to the established arts is steadily decreasing while the costs continue to rise. Traditional high art is currently facing a dramatic dilemma: renew or disappear.

At the same time, new art is on an unstoppable rise. An increasing range of offerings serves a rapidly growing and eager audience. New art distinguishes itself from established arts mainly through its relaxed and informal atmosphere. Atmosphere and emotion have become decisive in the preference and choice of the audience.

Innovation, inventiveness and market forces are the forces of the new art, while high art has become trapped in a vicious circle of inertia, complacency and subsidy.

These developments are most clearly visible in music. In Van hoge naar nieuwe kunst (From High to New Art), Hans Abbing therefore places the open and communicative culture of pop music against the formal and introverted classical music practice. He argues for the necessity to seek and support new forms that can revitalize this practice. Because if classical music wants to retain its audience, a change of thinking will have to take place.