What could be more pointless at this late date than protesting against abstract art? As soon complain about the ballpoint for dislodging the fine fountain pen. Not, by the way, that earlier protests would have landed on less deaf ears. Abstract art is in, and figurative art is seriously imperiled.There is some hope to be gleaned from the state of music, where the twelve-tone kind seemed to be taking over, only to be …
SOURCE: John Simon at 09:03AM on January 14, 2014