Modernism and Postmodernism

Art Critics are educated people who have educated guesses on what an artist’s symbolism or inspiration was for an artwork. There are many periods and schools of thought for art and each critic has an original viewpoint of what the artist attempting to convey to an audience. Modernist critics are of the school of thought that art theory must be taught to the public before they are able to analyse the symbols or motivation …

…called art so long as it is named and put into a gallery. Art critics are unable to claim that they are experts in their ever-expanding field, and if no one is an expert on it then no one can actually define what art is. This inability to classify art has given artists more freedom to express their feelings in any way they wish, once again widening what our consideration of what art can be.