On: Picasso's self portrait evolution from age 15 to age 90

[airforce1]

So are you arguing that it's impossible for skilled artists to make bad art? You're saying a master chef never makes meals that objectively taste bad, even if they are experimenting with completely new flavors and techniques? I think some people in this thread have raised Picasso to Godhood status. In my reckoning, Picasso was a skilled artist in an ocean of other skilled artists so he was desperate to do something different to try and stand out from the crowd. So he started experimenting with new "flavors and techniques". Assuming he is human, we can safely assume some of his experimental creations fell flat and objectively turned out bad. To deny this is to uphold Picasso as a God who is incapable of producing anything but perfection.

[peoplefromibiza → airforce1]

> So are you arguing that it's impossible for skilled artists to make bad art?

not in the case of Picasso.

> a master chef never makes meals that objectively taste bad, even if they are experimenting with completely new flavors and techniques?

not when they are preparing it for clients.

The point is that very skilled people are consistent

Their output is always gonna be beyond average.

> some of his experimental creations fell flat and objectively turned out bad

perhaps.

but there's no proof of it.

in fact there's proof that he's always been at Picasso's level.