In this article, Newberry discusses Kant’s theory of the sublime and contrasts it to Aristotle’s and Rand’s aesthetic theories, along the way using modernists and postmodernists such as Duchamp, Manzoni, Hatoum, and Creed as examples, and then giving an extended review of Start Mark Feldman’s The Future in Our Hands sculpture group. Pandora’s Box: The […]
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Por um longo tempo, os críticos de arte moderna e pós-moderna têm contado com a estratégia do “Isso não é repulsivo?” Refiro-me à estratégia de, dado que as obras de arte são feias, triviais, ou de mau gosto, apontar que “uma criança de cinco anos poderia tê-las feito”, e assim por diante. Em sua maioria,
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Some time ago, I wrote (despairingly) about human waste and the twentieth-century art world: “The world is ready for the bold new artistic move. That can come only from those not content with spotting the latest trivial variation on current themes. It can come only from those whose idea of boldness is not — waiting
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Three recent and encouraging data points: The collapse of Damien Hirst’s art market — Bloomberg notes that “at a time when the contemporary art market has sharply rebounded, with auctions pulling in proceeds that rival the giddiest pre-recession highs,” Hirst’s value has jumped the shark. “Hirst works acquired during his commercial peak, between 2005 and
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Wade Guyton uses a computer printer to generate long strips of linen with red and green stripes. And he is the subject of a positive profile in The New York Times. Guyton says this about his training: “I never really enjoyed drawing or art classes.” And about his inspiration: “I realized that the process of
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A Spanish translation of my “Why Art Became Ugly” has been published online. I do not know the translator, but to him or her I say: “Thanks!” The original piece was published in English in Navigator in 2004 and is now online here and has been translated into German [pdf], and Korean [pdf]. It’s also
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The Kindle version of the new, Expanded Edition of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault is now available. The hardcover will be out next month. The expanded edition also includes my Free Speech and Postmodernism and From Modern to Postmodern Art: Why Art Became Ugly essay. Images of the art works
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My four-page essay “Post-Postmodern Art” was translated into Serbo-Croatian by Alma Causevic. The essay was originally published in The Newberry Manifesto in 2001 and is also available in English in a re-print edition with images of the relevant works [pdf].
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