Bucking the Artworld Tide: Reflections on Art, Pseudo Art, Art Education & Theory

Today’s artists and art lovers who adhere to a traditional view of art are virtually submerged in the tsunami of anti-traditional work and supporting critical spin generated by the contemporary artworld. Bucking the Artworld Tide—comprising more than three decades of the author’s contrarian writing and speaking—is written from their perspective. It offers a solid defense of traditional visual art, as well as trenchant critiques of countless new art forms invented since the early 20th century and of the flawed theoretical assumptions behind them. A key part of the volume constitutes a critique of K-12 art education, which has all too readily adopted the contemporary artworld’s anti-traditional mindset.