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Jerry Saltz

Too many younger artists, critics, and curators are fetishizing the sixties, transforming the period into a deformed cult, a fantasy religion, a hip brand, and a crippling disease.

Jerry Saltz

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Jerry Saltz is saying that many young people in the art world are obsessively idealizing the 1960s, treating it like a sacred or trendy thing rather than a real historical period. This obsession distorts the era’s true meaning and ends up harming their own creativity and understanding.

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