The artists irresponsible persona is a bourgeois invention, a - TopicsExpress



          

The artists irresponsible persona is a bourgeois invention, a necessary fiction to preserve some illusions from too uncomfortable an examination - illusions shared by artist, dealer and public… With postmodernism, the gallery space is no longer neutral. The wall becomes a membrane through which aesthetic and commercial values osmotically exchange… The white walls apparent neutrality is an illusion. It stands for a community with common ideas and assumptions. Artist and audience are, as it were, invisibly spread-eagled in 2-D on a white ground… ~ Brian ODoherty Inside the White Cube (1976)
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:03:38 +0000

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