3:06 — Ceci N’est Pas Une Podcast

Your hosts Allison and Michael discuss some reasons to appreciate Modern Art, bringing up some of the most famous of the nearly 70 movements comprised by it. With all of its snark, modern art has a lot to say about honesty in the face of the brutal realities of human existence, and Christians can learn something from it about how to make “ugly” art the right way. Stay tuned at the end for a classical guitar piece by Brazilian composer Villa-Lobos, performed again by Phil Hodges. “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2”Marcel Duchamp1912 “Fountain”Marcel Duchamp1917 “The Treachery of Images”René Magritte1929