Against aesthetic exceptionalism
Here, Arne De Boever proposes the notion of aesthetic exceptionalism to describe the widespread belief that art and artists are exceptional. Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism challenges that belief by focusing on the sovereign artist as genius, as well as the original artwork as the foundation of the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota Press
2019, [2019]©2019
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| Series: | Forerunners : ideas first / from the University of Minnesota Press
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Here, Arne De Boever proposes the notion of aesthetic exceptionalism to describe the widespread belief that art and artists are exceptional. Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism challenges that belief by focusing on the sovereign artist as genius, as well as the original artwork as the foundation of the art market. Engaging with sculpture, conceptual artwork, and painting by emerging and established artists, De Boever proposes a worldly, democratic notion of unexceptional art as an antidote to the problems of aesthetic exceptionalism |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781517908348 1517908345 |