High, Folk, Pop….really?
2006-10-09Found on Blog and Mablog:
“With the emergence of high and low cultural categories around the turn of the century, distinctions were created between ‘commercial’ art, or entertainment, and nineteenth century ‘high’ art, that which was considered creative and authentic” (William Romanowski, Pop Culture Wars, p. 76).
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I’ve become increasingly skeptical of the high/folk/pop distinction in art. This quote is feeding that skepticism.