The More Things Change

(Aaaaand, cue David Bowie)

Art has a habit of changing, a lot. Art made today is certainly different than art made 100 years ago, and it’s never too hard to find avant-garde artists seeking to further push its limits with creative trailblazing. Despite the radical exploration in every direction, some of the new paths art has taken seem a little, well, familiar, like taking the left turn at Albuquerque only to wind up in Albuquerque again. Throughout history, art has pursued a particular trend for a while only to gradually swing like a pendulum towards something different, if not completely opposite, and eventually arrives at a place similar to where it started before continuing again. Continue reading