Modern art is the most honest and genuine thing we have left. 

We are surrounded by a filtered world, especially in the social media era we live in. 

It’s a landscape filled with edited pictures and captions, constantly overthinking and adjusting our realities to be more impressive and superficial. 

The content we produce is weighed down by how other people validate it, which often leads to us creating shallow and safe work. 

Being inside a modern art museum is a whole new world; at first glance, it might be confusing and difficult to understand. 

Canvases that appear empty and unfinished, video installations with unclear and ambiguous endings, sculptures that are deep and uncomfortable and a structure that feels unorganized and off-putting. But that’s the main goal; it wasn’t meant to be understood, it was meant to be felt. 

Compared with social media, modern art doesn’t try to make anybody feel better.

It isn’t trying to sell you anything, it is just what it is —  raw, unfiltered, deep and tough to understand.

Modern art is one of the most honest things we have left. 

People often have the perception that modern art is random or shallow, but it’s a transparent and genuine reflection of the society we live in. 

It is not perfect or easy to understand; it’s cruel and straightforward.

It reflects personal anxiety, identity struggles, political tension, social awareness, overstimulation, abstract beauty and all the things we feel but don’t say out loud. 

Modern art is often shunned. It is framed as pretentious or meaningless. 

Simply because a work does not have clear, painted figures or landscapes, it is treated as less valuable or interesting. 

But art is less about being shown something and told how to feel. It is more about how you feel and how your brain fills in the gaps.

In that sense, modern art is the purest form of any kind of art. 

Unlike social media, modern art isn’t looking for approval. 

It doesn’t need to be liked or go viral — you can love it or hate it, you can move away from it because you misunderstood it and it will exist regardless. 

And there’s something powerful about that. 

When individuals find modern art difficult to read or uncomfortable, it’s because it shows the opposite of what social media offers when they scroll: vulnerability and imperfection. It shows difficult pieces, insecurities and contradictions. 

Society uses art as a consumable product, then quickly dismisses it. As soon as you like a post, you scroll to the next one. 

No one really likes to sit and feel what the art is trying to convey. What does it make you understand about yourself, others or the world around you? 

People who look closely into art may find themselves feeling uncomfortable or reflective.

Simply staring into a canvas of deep colors can shift into the deep ocean of shades across a person’s life. 

A viewer has to confront the imperfections in a piece. They have to be willing to not focus so much on the small details and take a look at the broader picture. 

That’s not just the case with art; it’s the case with life. 

Getting caught up in the small, everyday details of life can cause you to miss out on big moments that have the strongest feelings attached to them. 

Modern art portrays the beauty of imperfection and timing. It makes you take a step back and appreciate something for what it is, not what it does for you.