{"id":3659,"date":"2021-11-11T12:38:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T11:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/fab-abs-trauma-videos-and-a-big-pile-of-sweets-the-art-and-artists-of-tiktok\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T12:38:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T11:38:05","slug":"fab-abs-trauma-videos-and-a-big-pile-of-sweets-the-art-and-artists-of-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/fab-abs-trauma-videos-and-a-big-pile-of-sweets-the-art-and-artists-of-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Fab abs, trauma videos and a big pile of sweets: the art and artists of TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the user proudly exhibiting his dad\u2019s nudes to the woman making sculpting dangerous, art on TikTok is direct, intimate and confessional, with little time for the abstract or avant garde<\/p>\n<p>Art on TikTok is more Tony Hart than Marcel Duchamp. It\u2019s not hard to imagine the late BBC children\u2019s artist enjoying \u201cHere\u2019s how I paint with a mop\u201d and \u201cWhere I find monsters for my goth art\u201d. You won\u2019t find the next Steve McQueen or Tacita Dean here, uploading serious video art \u2013 or at least I haven\u2019t \u2013 but you will encounter many enthusiasts and indefatigable outsiders. <\/p>\n<p>Avant garde art is in short supply on TikTok, though. But this simply reflects what\u2019s happening in art galleries in the wake of BLM, as people use traditional methods to assert a new identity politics. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tabithawhitley_art?\">Tabitha Whitley<\/a> is a Brooklyn artist who creates prints and paintings of idealised, powerful Black faces, which she shares in TikTok vignettes.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2021\/nov\/11\/fab-abs-trauma-videos-sweets-art-artists-tiktok-abstract-avant-garde\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/206cb82d77f1d3fc212fe408b19f3efbc30962ec\/0_0_2560_1536\/master\/2560.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ba95bf09acdf51dbd2121717d21be46e\" title=\"Fab abs, trauma videos and a big pile of sweets: the art and artists of TikTok\" \/>From the user proudly exhibiting his dad\u2019s nudes to the woman making sculpting dangerous, art on TikTok is direct, intimate and confessional, with little time for the abstract or avant garde<br \/>\nArt on TikTok is more Tony Hart than Marcel Duchamp. It\u2019s not hard to imagine the late BBC children\u2019s artist enjoying \u201cHere\u2019s how I paint with a mop\u201d and \u201cWhere I find monsters for my goth art\u201d. You won\u2019t find the next Steve McQueen or Tacita Dean here, uploading serious video art \u2013 or at least I haven\u2019t \u2013 but you will encounter many enthusiasts and indefatigable outsiders.<br \/>\nAvant garde art is in short supply on TikTok, though. But this simply reflects what\u2019s happening in art galleries in the wake of BLM, as people use traditional methods to assert a new identity politics. Tabitha Whitley is a Brooklyn artist who creates prints and paintings of idealised, powerful Black faces, which she shares in TikTok vignettes. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the user proudly exhibiting his dad\u2019s nudes to the woman making sculpting dangerous, art on TikTok is direct, intimate and confessional, with little time for the abstract or avant garde Art on TikTok is more Tony Hart than Marcel Duchamp. 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