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“pave ticker Enter the Dragon: On the Vernacular of Becuty//1993 "would be nice isometmea man would con up ome on theses Hela, Fr the fran man. a ou have not he word yours fo en mine | was iting. dayéeoing ey tough he waning moments pe discsin on the te of Whats ape Now” reving cao dee on en val ra see er i Ph cles wen eal thaw ing ese oe ho Bate hain wh and ws tng oy on wt the se ef thet woe Sate fom my eee Ia ey ant then more ye sof he nines it een’ al impensny on fhe wa jump fee aeaton at ‘bien ys om Cd knows wheter ens | ag ros ‘hing ts Bat not bving ke? | ent toe bur the oa Seamer sence tat pet hs me Poel ede teen ferme Wy near popped ack seat ag eae dn oat of shee pera ee fle bey el “ec. mpoving | began ipstig Wate Ptr mse at es ee 2 hing —"the ews bey see tak {avs vs ples in the eles ny thay of oes ft ak unéeain theese beter gst geen oc ey coms ws © imconseuence Th soaaed pronto he dune came St there amped ety vere ca word wit gigs, ut, ating an aen asc Inston space- ie a pretation aston eator eas ima dont do ating inset pages tat done ating ten wy tw tng he inthe who he ‘went ety ang sou? hain on dong awe {ed ato the. then they ser dang tem ne ate Teste or {csm sper nye end soem tease oe theca osm nd not ose gene ie at fin slot itt A hs coco ater pays hy ecto stent she ngage f wa ae toe eto how tig ak rang of desea word Beau | made 2 wi este for puntuaton but oo aa People were ity fing out My few panelists gazed io the dank weaches ofthe leony of cxamined their cts. was genuinely urpased. Alte twas 2 spo ensy Pseure? Ea)? ses ofthe nineties? Admittedly outageous. Bat ia an outage worthy of render =f a quetionor tw, 2nd, ot teas 2 sale. had wandered it ths ded zone this sles ays. was ead to icaeitat hats but the moderate of ew pane!tuppedan her micrpbone and ssi, Wl ges thts hd Solve golf ry gcting sot. AS we bezan beating shin papers and paling our poets. Felt alle soy (Snalloing pity allusion to Roland Barthes can doth) Ab et, had 0 Seanee walked out of the uling and ino the aterm evening than Twas ‘overcome y ths strange ShevekHelmesiancaon The gee ws ft Uh decoered someting! thet. had pus outa hand and discovered serhng th acancy that needed to understand ad assumed ta ro the Resinsng of the skeeath century unl se st week att had been ersten and efectely empoying the cough versa of pear ad nu to trot ur tang concepts the sod andthe bess and ow hs was ove? Exide A any ate eal vary seed 1a hae Cvaporated overnight nd ound ysl mteing detective questions ke: Who wine? Wa oes? Quins? ~aaugh though ew he ans Eve 500 the eet year or Lasseuusly weed ot eau” wherever happened tobe. tn whomever {happened to be speahng. | cased artists and sudes, ‘rts anders pale din pate jst see wht hey wal 3. The ‘evs were duty consistent and we atl what woul hve Hed ‘Simpy put you brated the ue of beauty ine Ameren at world f| 1968, you could nt incite a conversion about rere ~ or efcay, oF plese, oF pote, or even Blin. You ated 2 conversation about the Irae That atthe te was he 'signfid of beauty I ou sida hey ould sa." coupon of the market: and | weld The orton of he ‘marker Aer tht yas of feneticeipoweraent. dung which the venes for contemporary art nthe United States had evlved fo 2 ty petwork at priate galleries in New Yorkin this vast anscotnenal pra plc Funded postmodern icons? During which timethe aks of a professionals ad swe rom aad of Sertantes onthe Ea See of Manhataninthi ‘nyse ci service of Ds and MPA who administered a month sym tntlckngpauonag. which init constituents. reembed mahing so mach [that of France in the ety nineteenth century? Whe powerful compare [overeat an academic costituences ved for power and aes {ols each th town sel perpen senda abd none with ny vested interest inthe suverave potent of veal pense? Under these cal cen rs ac hin wrongs he ket ~ eg Str» hinl pice mers ing apes Ie ic Unde ee cul ot wl ss pat ake carpe The saying thatthe ane ptet hat hegen We tanfeaton opr i re ean eure ilo tes ofl inte een ease of te mate el ses yee sof te nina of const ao eal dee Seton eure cnet nd athe ang ven os erent of ion san cnr wha State patente aol ana poe maga sen bres he cot) ceam, ma musna ate ‘eal reste pws the posta ee fom orcs asa Sn stses ts wth psig aur the omapon oe ae Sanson of ave eu te pata fer tw na a ‘salons a nent to ha cae pened coed ‘denote ners ee an pany erp tap Dorn oma cma dred ht heey atin is rsp tha a ea "ny ee sw ok whe he ‘otesionlsenpe by sur se states rely ca ato ha ‘mas hgh ey noah oy An ye in dc od ‘hoki ean magne abr he st dened ly anon anata’ win monte: pessoa neat wa motes ea Horan teh! aus a suit of pts See ont. 2nd psc for the ce that ala ne he tee Surat miu ste pune onl nes hoe with shane tt dsr the npn ote ta en Erato Des ened hethen joao satay spe tol ose wth etry froma aeration propo remy tenn stone Sena agen ean henge sae estes benign ies thebeats a verecn atch disap nie Cid Bentam cas ehasnawnhtopanes eter erty to cote headed en he sae Attn of erpetalcor, as sven ne pal se ts Ie il helenae wit ity ima tht Sane concen an at cong bi ood ien shal oes “cus wens ste enya es hee cea he Fn ice wun hee tiger wt wees Teng aes en stepson or ume emacor ease Io, the ato fea anf these ae not forscaming. he destroys ue bowie leaving oar onction ode with Renta’ warden onthe thee arses, hat we wl Dave ltr his lene surveil nthe fxm ofet-destacve ilk, “These ae the options tha Foucault presents us and would suggest that ‘within tea commit, the wea othe cle so ea an Bentham Se tha we ae urbl to See them 2 qual timed We are. think. sh Contemporary option between the King’s savage justice and Bentham bureaucrat pine int apogee tin ice between the comp od marke ard he eave new inst Thus Beaty bas become assorted our those hat alae subject the king use elehcanbevery rel and $utocratc nde Bu thers anoter sie this coi since at deers ae a0 like Foucault tngin that they do not care wate rmans Thus ada content rmahee i about meaning. Lae Jeremy Benth’ Benevolent warden the Inseatons curators ola public as They musteok careful 2bé genuinely care atout what ass “aly mean - and theeire they mus, lost of necesy, rt appearances - dstrost the very es of appearances, and Astras mesh appearance of image tht by vee ofthe pense they cruel burden of efficacy rom the werk of areand make i posse or arts to pracise hat plain ones of which no gears has yet been capable nor ver wished beet f we would expose he ane of things extended ‘bli srting. sincere’ appearance everthing a brauty ithe ee ae ‘commited themselves to plan honesty atthe fy ofthe institution The agumens these ais mount othe dvacten of easy come down 0 cone Simple gine: avy sek and although thet compas sual ae ‘uch in he langage of sade aati they ooo ifr teat om ‘itey/ne be agen: te Vrnacaar o Bot/25 ‘hei mes Yn the newsper. Beastial at sls i lls tel is a8 dalaous comma: iit sls anything ele i 2 sue adverisement Arts ne Wo. hey 3. nr fit averting nd woud gee wth he ‘veo that tay and advertising ae, nde at nd tat he ete Wore fart are alnay andinewialy abit of beh, ealie the primary oreouseccenticy of imagery in Westen culture Sie the Reformat: the at ha tanta bested that ager was Presumed tobe proposing something conte and contents Ths he shee ebulet sitesing dangerous lun of No mages presumed ietabe ‘moar dance hal of ial polls, and imaes ane potential power Bad ‘zaphis topple god goverment snd cide good ieas: good hic Sustain dane. The a nuancing of pleasure power an beauty i seus, ‘ongoing busines intel sng hasbeen sine the iste cer. when the dozing thecal innovations of Renaksance picture making tabled arts to make speculate images of sich authority that power mig De "scsi bestowed upon ther, pete by thet bolder athe tan ates porto its being assigned bythe instutions hare and sae, [Athi in, forthe St tne in History he power of prety and ovement breaeraces assign meaning to mages beg erode and the penate encounter betwen the image adits behade ook a the pte of hanging te pu character of instuons nags became bie this point are ieveaby politcal ~ and encarta tore than four cents tect the eof el ping aes te fr ‘tration ofthis peti, foe, preean colton of topes and figures signing beauty’ ancone 3 the pathos tat recommended the Togs ae ‘tas visual argumentation our aention, kt rovided te image singe lim to being Toke at ~ and to being bleed. The tsk ofthese gues oF beauty was to enfachise the audience and acknowledge is powet 10 esgate a entry of shared aes been the nage and its bebe and, then, in this teeter. 9 arge the argument by snlonzing the pictare’ roblemace content. Without the gest intention of recenstrcting the Beholesvew of hing the mage i aeayon fo xs aan eon a be beat Ths, the omar the arial bre withthe sso the ‘ati. and te eet of his cofation, ely, was persuasive exctenent ‘sa lease, As aula ys the Deautil says tong by Wc he eas of ous, hats ava strangely aan Thus Caravaggio a the behest of hi taser would deploy the existe ‘erate drama ofthe Madonna ofthe Rsaeyo end vs appeal andcorperea sutory to te embatled concep ofthe intercession of te piethoad and Souls demonstrably sie nok ony in plading he mises cee, but in impoing the ebae mou of his own argument ona hat actin Sots Spectacle souvek of sucesfl vl tigation ~ 2 old warhase pat ut 0 posture nica, thoroughbred The images qt gue frison hae been neutralied apd theese elf dred fein use ewig only the commie supertructre of hat aie apumen jst ve ‘enoagh to be worsinned under the je perma of humane els and afore we genet however we mut kos Caavag ea would have been x0 enchant, or ts formal acomplsheat so delstely Spectacular, hd his contemporary pti agenda der the cea resae a ralenuch, ot seemed so nget? And we mut sours futher he ining woud have ven rived nti Rubens bout had tn somehow fede that agenda? Itt We ara tins ization and we do at lke ses Testy of eau, ikea istry, he wines ale a that {nesta inthe ret mausleuns wher imageseCasovgg having done thee workin the world at entombed ~ and whee een hanging in sae they prove us witha ravishing and poignant visa eqpesence. One wonders However, heer br andar for he pleases of are wel funded io the amarous rere we fel inthe reer ofthe inttonalied wath, Instone in thes nancy, whether bere igh be wok nthe wot fo ‘hem do, at wel Fer more han four centres te idea of making rz has ben the keystone ur curl vernacular - the lovers mate gun ane the soe jy the as redoubt of the isefanchsed andthe sale diet owe rom the Contempo art along rquted to ecorimend ages tot ateton oF (insinuate them ino the veracult and no longer even welcome 0. The coute Fom the image © the beboler now detous though an alterate ntti ostensibly distinct frm chutch and ate. Evens, na at be being dered ay det appeal to beauty fr mac the sae redvon hat ‘araegnos suppcams were dened 2ppeal tothe Vg: susan the obs of bureaus. arg. 2 le. shows us the Vin, ial er gorgous 2stvo elitr lok ater and eden yes ‘tha singe wenden bes ang fu eps tage Te ee ot he now ehh went pres ea. ee eon, eae Steer and we cumin the Dane ee ee ten ec “America and fay date the fascist el fo crush ts outage inmeence time they were regulary portrayed doing soon Che was of priate galres and bi unde terete spaces alee the cout. Oh acount of he cl 1 pin honesty and sincere appearance, however ey were at pote 35 ting iso persia ot tat men ere king the, bu a "Napoetorge was making beau More presi, be was spropeatlg barogce vernal of beauty Mat predated and cary, outperformed he rita canon of visual appeal espoused bythe the apeuicinstution Ts ‘anon press tha we wil took a a, however baal ease looking rt {somehow so for us, earls and, simatey, in spile of whatever ecg the indivi work or ait might argent propose ou ‘hs abi of suborinating the ares pote the her pois of crores of course, makes pefect Sense in the MaUIeUMS of andl. ‘whereit was bie. and where wecan ara do ote where peraps. uo for wt oa atthe Madoana ofthe Rosary tout Banching 3 ts oumerReermaton plies, because those pois re dead ~ and where it ray be ood for usa wl. to look at 2 Sir Thomas Lawrence porta a ‘understand his entiation ofromamc heroism wit ande ator. is insane and moral ignorant. howeve to colton te work ovine and, 3 that, ying] artista we would he aeact fot Atant wt forging. onnosseutsip ~ to appreciate’ bis passonte, partisan and pois feleratons ofthe Areca atin - andi 0 ing. reese oensie tei ongent or age the argument tht del so nia with at pin, ove and ee giving up of thee ‘eth ional what was expected ad desired ao bythe government bt bythe at enablsiment I was a mater a ee peso and thus te defence of the museum sector proseuted for eaiving the images wes onductedatmoer completely in terms ofthe redemptive nature of forma beauty and the erica nature of suveince. The sophisticated Bebo he Jury ae od responded othe elegance ofthe form rears ofthe suet rater ee tis beter must be awe’ enough to ook at ea and ‘understand’ the ores of tht formal Beaty in he 2S tote priate patho. I hs sound ke the a patarchal doa tout tanscenéet Feralas and mane realm, with te adn lip than he the okt, ut the certian ofthe ati. S, cle al his ition #0 tstalah Robes Magpletne' corrption woud ave been unnecesay had hima meow awe ht orp. ad hs ed Nm hate a0 beter poo! ofthis, Ht, than the act that. hile the Mapplethorpe contoversy. was raging. Francs Baons retrospective was fist shetoizing and then mystifying it Confonted by. images Hee Confoned by images ie ippeores tb vine fh det appa te ren Sean moe cache herpes aan meted he is: the maral junkyard ofa pluralistic civilization. rw "et he mca of Dean der apal emis pote inn nt sos apt et ns a 28 does sca eae wits see arguments about what is good and what is beautiful, And they do owt Inky, coon thar nortan man whi ere tn an ed sherds cihees ays the hu and nance ee Kathleen Marie Higgins ‘Whatever Happoned to Beauty? A Response to Danto//1996 \natee happened to beauty? e-Beauty ana Monty 1984)" Aor Bano Crolaaton nour tates bout the propriate use obey Falowing Kent tora pail, he contends that beauty casts 4 unsalied ight upon a ‘henomency, feminding us tht wht i resented eal 6 an inte fat of human epeiene, Beauty isappropriat as ameans of marking tes (of loved one, frit reid ha the pa of Is Is 2 universal huran ‘expenencehir ar though beauty were dof cays transforming raw ie into trancul snes arta oeeves (pe 364 “apropiat as Beauty healing inoece seems hen one i aed with pena les. ecm arom apt nthe ae of pal det oa cause hat Fesimae of moral ugecyBasy cers wrongin uh eases, "wong beeasse one scaled yon ae» td nt to pasophie (385, Dano elaeratesthis ont by consgering the categoevat artworks that lspy what cline betty enya two fa when ately connect with the elrence andthe mt (365) Forsch work, best pat he oaks eter ccndngy, Dano contends, can be cient eau when: nappropit fori be (70) gamete that bey inappropate under te decison 1 forgo beauryinmch contemporary aD. age of ava nian Dato reminds ve (78 He ses conc with ats astience rom beauty in “atiston where inutce preva, ns ew, a oval ang, Ow socket version to beat, ccna 0 do with ar eighened ot ses We cnn in good conscience se au ees and ea the toutes of ‘worl bat beat treatens to conceal te ‘et Dano takes amined view the ative aha be ey supplanted has beaut, Too en, He contends, plieal ais have ald in hl flr toes ae a alin te campaign (34) The probe ase sees {tha when ast designed to inspite ral response a a at as “als oval exerted ol by the god intention the st (75). He colder thar ne lesan that at as tii maa a, ae hing it can do Stings cannot lean do wht peop can and what beauty cn that may mea tht phony too has it iis ma ry (378) ue age has yt to ar th exon, however. Meal nditin ones told Moin Whee Happened io asuy? A Repeat Dt} U/ Suzanne Perling Hudson Beauty and tho Status of Contemporary Criticism//2003 "i Dcember 1894 te veteran New Yorker dance ee Alene roe pubished a polemical piece of cis that assumed the orm fs nateews ane length sgument marked by a specaly present ~ eerie utrally refsed~ cbc of enquiry at Hs coe Inher Dicussng the Undacnsble roce deta he salt attend the recent work the lack 3 postive ‘horeographer BT. Jones on the grounds tht his Si Here gerne tthe rok Ace of Music on 2 December 184 wasnt tte me tan ap Insane ofthe aptly prodterting victim at replete st man wth vdeo Ine pefonnance by ater Sek dancers! The dane’ invocation af 2 Bd of samediated experience of deat and suffering ths tendered questions of ‘est and form esetaly moo fr Coc, wh the dance Hse wa eed 3 heyond ttc. The dane, hte desebed as ‘ised Bac bed women or disenfranchised homosenul, clearly fred ao beter than she conten wi the nauspcos performances wee auted thy too remained resolutely beyond the pale fr Croce, and therety oti the scars framework she mothates, thology seal sue hee, altnough ano seater extent hin the status of etcsm per se, put ander pressure a itis inthe wake oF ‘ultram and kenity polit. pot to mention the AIDS cs and he ‘ture way promulgate in esponee tothe acing decison poe the Nationa Endowment forthe rte Te problem hus became oe of ces ‘cv andinconsequence in ella oi seemingly welcomed obsokseeae Imeve face fnew aesthetic and cule forms, Anas its can stabbrnys0d Poul refs to engage with art at all sertain mudalty ef eontenporey rtm has aged ave st ts terminus [1 Iesties one ante wake othe lon. eps ie of NEA Fass those nace oer Andes eran 1969 Ps Christ bchrome pln depicting rvclix submerged in 2 ravishing pool af the arti’ utne) Robert Moppethorme’s quetonbly ‘pornographic’ photorapy, tte work of he fentrvesal performance art Karen ley, he Musa of Contemporary Art in Sun Digs 185 dtr of ten-dlr bilt oundocmete Mexican More rhe ctv Mose Ars HD Sent’ show ely comet teal socl ard plea puch, instead of etecing a pul sphere of chown to eat nade slips and bur thet mod tueer mrpaing tir tempt appa in fur of jgnen thecal amass or aterm, airing the ke congatdatiy and bithely aftmatve ices Cece tet might have been hyperblaly intammsoy, altho ts wager test have bee Hs pt pops or Ide ol trvetion Tit sucha move regard onthe itor 0 Provoke itl outpuring ay goin 0 the el nkcupy eici? Weng pail ae wht. at set. copa fo ei nthe hand ei sl, cen be eps ces Compensation ge he cain that have ts, smmariy sce oe 3 ‘etm to beauty and ce te 3nd morality eas sympa 3 3 {se tomove Boon he abet and te vince fo epes the ADS cs Suits representations, nd shore up cata in the face ket pie ilaivsm Beowty. that mst conciistory of philtopielnabace and Jostens sack wh avenge whe bau wting a be hj ante bau makers addonaly ote thetrumpha xacemic Phsopy as wel asthe deacon fhe nelongrstnara nd Pll aime sett] reo ty, | wl ges, ha crt go wih he es of cilsmof whe the Gocern-inisbtanenblatic a exp ata ‘sample Bey epee te oer sea ee ewe, a whch fhe sce Ie vaca a he vacuo iden ea Sct 8a ‘hue endered mute In sor, bay to fen erst lt nk public operating the sere of te mantenane fhe tater aT a iooficet 2 predotne ssn tet ns h b bar a bi pee canbe expand, stn eb is unpaid by ota pps nto ence Toe th 2002 Museo of Maem At Ne ok vont of Gerd Wier late 3 fry of pra couched terme of sty and eset pracy Rober Sor, thea het ata an te au a MA Bicter publication appeared onthe PBS progamme Carle Rse pr 2d recat th bau of Ries pins nes and on igh hs ont ile Fee Schl eiew ofthe sho for Te New Yokes a the 58 rei of rs hr fy te sal of sesh pew. Ha onepich sot fa he eo beauty When read sais Schjleahts sesening 1954 Notes on Beaty ce bls in At ses and reprinted nthe anielegy Unconrtane aeces, ‘New York 198 ths comments to be expected even he des note heed cones bay with cts kwon dnd some ater qty or alae wold debates soot ot on cen airy ene og Serato ie sar tt i Res wa Seay nnn a tried mtn ys dy mans wei an ie Rr cer {holds tensions in play rather than wistilly papering them ove or sin ply and lngrebtywsting them nay nonin hes ahr ae situation made legible by means ofthe AIDS criss and the concern Ne cates. For ais sh 5 Riera Fela Conaeonee ena Settee mate ate petra ae a, ‘onto questions ofthe political an loss uit specifically. Beauty, then shits me best-kept sce nat ecm, a great mlod driven nt by necesty but by lee = rite, pneu eI ths book of hocking inteligene and ma fee is ed widely nd ove al wel wor for word il lp the wor {euating bere an ape othe mpi conection between ets aad testi to which Scary similarly ha recourse ar wel aaron athe fea tre of Hickey’ nest les ins postion 2528 nknown ous ive nt byes Duty deste The ate am sive 1 e sure in far, Hickey pestoned within the academy. teaching a the Unversity of ‘Neva, at Ves, and he has tonaly owned an ected an at aly ‘rate STE Sana Fe’ Fath Biennial (2001), anderen won the press teuttion turns on pecs such vetr, When compounded with Hike’ Cnsurmat sil sa wie, hie market-driven democrat esthetic becomes tinge cites eager to appease the decees of thi publication venus an important ser audiences However, | ona mean welt ams Hickey’ ‘wok ether: indeed, ns argument at ines sedute,especally when he Hickey patty god onthe question of the roe ofthe market end eaoy function within this en ne writes, fou broached he sue of eat inte American at wold of 1988, you cul pot nce 3 conversation about tet ~ or efiacy ~ or pleasure ~ of pls ~ eve Bi. You innitedaconvesation bout the mae oat, beauty signed mesly ow {hue eaming the debate i ems ofthe fret of appearance an CONE 2st the wo es were mutual exclusive (of course. much has changed in the past decace Such a ransoration of the stats of eaty rom an index a market condo tthe ey sto thc art gets made and through which ets cused Mas 1 cated ‘vensthing to do with the cote wats and the place of the publ for ontempary America a Accordingly. Mapoletorpe figures prominent in icky’ acount (bot i eso hiatal project ane pea era ‘sceptonahe well shoul, gen he encmousimpletions and onsen ff his photorephy’spresimed cltral deamation’ 4 Mapplethorpe rerospective rpaized by the University of Penneyvanias tee of Contemporary Actin 1969 = ironical the sweats snniersiy of the Stonewa Reelina- ha eee $0100 in NEA Tuning Ie was sce pena the Conaan Gallery of ren Wsehingon, DI, wen Dick Armes, leer snc y's buted other members af Congess teasing fcc aaroys buen an temo ds possi of may pense ae) Tiss peel wht Raped ough ed a sop ee oe comsenatie members were appoitd fo the MEAS arerng ty aoveig bey, gant ecsions were ovetred and ring pons eed te pops ts sem rl care seh plane meat Ament sans | | iran and coda - is an aniety about the body and disease. More beady Conditions of psy fx pass whe ites ef he espn se interest of the artist or the critic. So, to retuen once amore to ‘oe mage ‘Phcomenon Hickey epee heading aon ee "se parte aces the on so Are adalat ‘crush ts outraged innocence’ =e ky igh aid and ped eset the a wor ting and tlk, gh ins ate meets es Sa, tunedin coment of beat in srr, he bien whence ‘work was ‘not that men were making it, then, but that ober wat ahi it Si Hetey comin incite mo peng sas "as ext [Mapplethorpe % Fre] eau that hc the cage - sh Sk oi St es hi ‘spring, nd to i area, Get challenge a vet fe Dehn Te set ym shin ow att here ‘the criticism it engenders acquires an importast meaning as a means of social ‘zine ema) patpaon ttn et cone Senay fin Ae wel an yap hays a sre semacor ear nam pblcto be dressed at al think that itis preity the ile of he emacatic model tha he ivokes that ltimaely ranches the eae of Beauty and coniiatry aesthetics yoked consent palic. Ins chyna on i TES ea popula gestures end vp as mechanisms of cra conan Here, une the aegis of Beau ad 2 contingent recourse 0 design. "Beaw Monde’ feed in STE Sn e's pres lee, Hickey coneted ofthis Sluaton a2 meting potin which tig ms Ti sens apace what the onan ofthe faiiden explcty reared, as Lous Graco, te STE Sana Fe dren Commented tat choosing Hike was the unequivocal amido to the vet pall banal mounted by ctor Rosa Marines in 1998. Her show had Provoke pret rom residents who thought the awn was bela deserted bra arise Wickey, Graco demate, ngs us ack indo Nevertheless Hite sear luton vi-vi Mapplethorpe tha be ou 's pltal when wie inca knowing Way." and wien iti pid tO pate, contentious subjects usefuin sofa at recierates the sesteti {sa hear state 5,6 way of ate rotated oe wo ke to ponos kind of counter mode fo that of Mapletbape ss undersoed by Hickey. At the tine when Mapplethorpe was throwing Denti scenes Gansalesores was working wth les of candy. tacks of pape, fae lesa mrs and stings oft. Iwano tat is work was not Doll tis werk snting tpt = or dt sede ext poles Inthevwakeof DS, butter hat ina unreserved aut hs ac ais ‘evorking of the topes of Minimalism and cones a ntalstion and insational eiiqu, Conair Toes projet caurters pons of absence Tonsng and lss with he King of wounded and sel-rtcal Beaty ound shone His seo stats languages that contest norma aesthetics (8 Important re devo of vial pleasure wrk fo uermine the atone of ar even a is conerperary ae of sich precedents reps hei pl Drow. sate 5 pote pd aesthetic in gal eau ‘Gonzales ore tae then,one a flan one tht he alent. ne sigiesny, ens beng a dag tors" Mesningor content smc most pices remaining latent thou becoming periph we Beaty it tether the mean fo reempion (be aesthetic personal aot cntesason per se Rie instead 9 satay of aesthetic production cable of welng 296 omurctng das for at ai fancon win coment. Promised eal heights and weighs and determine, in par. bythe ‘dition 2 viewer ae encour OUaEe esheets aay. Futhet the oer the asttuton extiting the wor oo biaed to mainainine ne eee rplenshed rte oor spice en be et st. th stacks evn aver the course ofan lovers, be they homosexual ‘mer ths Ronse o Reema nd ti malty efimpeeey acest with Nayland Bakes Every 12 Mines (alo fom 160) ‘exhibiting the artist's ideological underpir ata a Ich activism is, or refuses to be, pictured. As Simon Wa ra Tanseressiveness, ever could” As Gonaalee-Tores pusit: SS sie ie ae much oe thetning te perth et the promotion of ame a when ty hve os art pls ee tn teow mre ior gules by ie” ‘A trm towards abstacton and posts ete roids 2 statey wit rea pbc! elcacy for 29 ast aught between the stl goverment ad te ing isitsion Beaty ism his way and conte. kind of Tran hore, “apableof smug dsp ess and concernnt other dintereed lastutona spe 1 Gontalea-Tores farted Ns experience a a supposedly marginale 3 postive, Cutan-Amescan man fat a made of arming tht doesnot recone s0 muchas py an eabovate and subse ame of Infitation and tstga,Heve beauty a once moiated an seliferng ~ presets traumatic and cred coe as stands 8 cotecmeasre the omic Fepeaedlyremaed in interviews hat Bs wrk ebeared his fers f Raving ‘lo ono et ADS ee apis a Wa ey Cornu nee an, ever mare geeraly the owe of art 0 edeem the experience fuera of death "he meaning sel jst ter; Come Terre erin one ony as 100K Saul Ostrow ‘The Eternal Problem of Becruty’s Return//2003, {Baayen ma once ben considered the supreme god, has comet be iene a6» Sowce of optession and discrimination, ice the ae 180 stan gude noel ag artic ciees ad repeatedly disparaged Buty 35 “Inebjectve By the cry 1950s it seemed nlf ave exe the scene Fe ithaa been rade in forthe sli, nd then in the 19605, 35 sts ue shies and proeses, he subline was desbliated. The ony 5 tha) at "HSE moment te subject of beauty was Belg reinvented as 9 politcal and Non-Veen CooriatingCommste(SNCCh deere," esa This Sloan of slafirmation war meant counter among peoples of coleu the Peltred tht rule rm Beaty WASP [White Anglo Sanen Protestant nove Lewis. the womens movement by condemning the expltaten of at Beaty apd sex sought cntst he lnfuence of the media andthe fast ndsty on women’s ef-cnce tions. Many Ferns net hat Beaty was acon asoure of envy and antagonism among women. bt so redaced them tomercobetsi tne eyesol men, hie aecoant of deniration sa antl as haunted our cncepan af beauty ever ice. |) in this content hat beauty comes to be reconceved 352 node ina complex network, connecting ou concepts of aesthetic judgement © UU Duty, athe pole, ef, rather than at thing in sce Gen the ireonalable atte of he opposing visions of beauty, many wites ane ats dangerous a8 those who dim aft to represent fed teh. fr Both andardted models lead to the tepresion of all tings unteable. The _Nollg ee preblem of anzestezing pls. cally proses it a Taking apse ater han 9 reactive stance sero me 0B te on fon beauty afer oom existence sw 5 ta ofthe “ter athe than Save tt or concepsofDeaty must be eter etsoned of defended, we eed o generate postions ha ae se-cnsclnusy preoal perverse, poste, Pesopial and paca. Arthur €, Danto The Aesthetics of Billo Boxes//2003 {Me sapere feat Dich eye As wh he Blobs of Sr Waa se Hae set ont expla yon mas ws a eae Sone ws bet he he ned oe ha ae en ae 8ho eons chen ton ew ae, ‘tee cl lw of este pene ald Be eh escheat ar cy cane cpe implications. Aestets ws the vr substance fat experience Abstract pessonist culture But what made ponigs werk’ seemed pony captured 1 te way beaty had been classi formulae, wit eference to balance td provertion and order “Beau iol just became an expression of foeralied apprebation wih te descriptive cnteat asa whist sorpeane Fg enst in the presence of somthing tat xpecally wowed ters Soi "get be othe dscureof art when the eat oe! Posi ete to ‘Shia eoay aberet of cogieve meaning aap Tespeakof someting SS bet inter vem snot to dese ke bt to ees eben ‘ration. And hs col be dey jes yng Wow ~ oc lingene’s es {Dd ining ot Beyond wha was died emi esi ees {beauty appeae ob copy oa htm pt secant the ‘acy fests cp, whieh ha ake 0 Peale Besa become aera he enh wa papi ees ated Could be dese thon neding wy oer mich bau or witout Anathes Lok at 8e0uty Tings been to change somewhat in the 1990: Hesty was provocaney cle tobe the dein problem a the decade by the widely adnsed ar trite Dae Hickey an ths ws led san exci tho My ese tit tras exiting les ocase of Beauty el han becare Beaty was pony or Samet hatha alos sapeared fom mst of ene’ encounes wih at ‘sane enjoyment and plese n 193 when Hickey’ essay was published 2 hd ne trou a period of ese politicization the hgh plat of wich vas the 1995 Whitney Beni in which ey every work ws 4 sil flr 0 sang Anencan roc Hickey’ prediction di not precy pan ov What opened was es the pursuit of beauty a such by ats tan the pus ofthe es of beauty, evough exibions and coneencs by rs and crt who gad exampeto conser ean exibition ta took lace athe schon ‘Mozeumin Washington, October 958, Inceebraton of the maser’ eth sive ¢wo crates Nell ener Oga Vso ~ ognized an exubiion Cale Reprding Beaty: Perspectives on Ar sac 195 In 106 the same wo {erator a moested am apparently aarhetial exbiean ted Dstempr: Dsonat Temes inthe Are ofthe 19808, Only the years epcate the Wo ‘Sows, bit he contrat sarp enough have sed 3 question of wheter ‘ere had nocbeen one artic ning pein ints marrwinteral - aban turnin he Auta = ad even a Yeappasal ofthe Sola action oat Dany entree io Rone ‘century. The shift rom dissonance to beauty could hardly appear more extreme. for many seasons, lssoant. Soi could appear in an exibition meant 0 thematize dsonance ~ or ¢could appear jst acai in a show called ‘gating Beauty Ar his might be quite general the cs, so that we can tne show ilsratingdisonance snd the ther stating beauty The objets int shows woul nat be Beau an in fc be dsonan might be aly costly to put av twa dint shows, requing two sete of Lanty indiscernible jets. One coud Instexe simply have one show cated afer he other by changing the toners ose the museum. Oe We auld Rave ftvough ane al hase witha histor beauty trough he ter Most, ek ‘he oboe of lors would beste wth what hey saw though there {he haat fo cesomance ane for best = and ec then ond i they bad made mistake, walking through the wrong eatance Al sos of Sakesperea fon canbe dreamed yp, We ol ai the doce obe se of vos, that te eauy oe sonance) was incidental in the oe show aie in the aber ~ but ss arya igs to fr, singe tere ae ‘ses were Desity i iesnaly reat tothe isonace = where the wodk would nthe dzone ft were no bea This wou be theese wih te two artic mow closely amoited with conservative atch against he National Endowment of he ANS Robert Mappecorpe and Antes e700 Readers wllabjet hat 1am singly ndalgag my mognaion pd etn ‘un wil Weal that bere ae plenty of isonant wos tha ae teen Ince besa and plenty of eal werks witht ry sora spec aa Can we ott work with cleat eases? The snser paps fo and exlining why wl be one ofthe meri of hs bak [The Abe of ess, 200) ee explanation sound. Meanie, wil eof ome value ‘oreconize that he cancion tween Fount andthe particular uri thst ‘uehamp appropriate s prey cose a between Waa’ rile Box na hela carton designed by ames Harve. wa the aesthetics the ater ‘hat gt meso itrested i the former hich hal no aesthetic 0 Sak othe than what it approgrstedKrm Harveys net then Have bones had noe ofthe philsaphical dep of Wars fr mc ce same reason ha thers minuactred by Mat en Worshad one ofthe pilosphicl -and tte! = power of Fount which trl ee ransom the ory oft Suit wald Be questionable wheter the esthetic power the wil = which 4 property of was a such, which are prety salghtxwacd tings fo athoms. In any cas, there i 2 metaphyseal question in disingthing Astingushing Been person ad iso herby. orm ofthe Spr nd Bor Again Src am a philsophe with a known ivaiement with the rt woe ound "ef invited seteral of the conferences convened to ers Bey, and aes number of saya well Theft tine Thad cntont the qeeion of “Whatever Happened 1 Beauty” = coaerencespomared bythe feos Depacmenta th Ulversityofexasin Austin in 1983 outd a tok nc Hepes teat work on seshetis. ver sine I had begun to we on the Subic ofthe End of Ar ound yet consulting Hegel whoo tase had writen on ht same sje nthe 180s His book became and oes a Dulosphia wisdom for mein ac and whenever fembisted ons sublee 5 19 me fund Ie vluable to see Hes! mish ot have fad srt ‘ay about There were wo thou on the ey Hs pap of his work hich became ceply stimulating tome when | began to poner the pheespty of beauty. One wos the aes racial diction he ate betcen nae sd ttc beauy nse very fs ero hs ent An the tc nas soso lah aie beauty seemed peri onal Beaty ws cae oe "on ofthe Spit an bor aga. That was grand ging pases Aus oo Gestens eturene und wiedergebovere ata ose tat ssi booty as in some sense an nlc ether than a natural pode That dino ai athe wo kins oF besry wer ote han though eh eiptations necessary iferent If someone pineal of to se» Ramana example, it ght have been beutiful in jute same way ald of dallas sels Beautifull heath he piting was orn the spi nee ‘hat riegs!t would hive an impertance tht te natal phenomenon weld lack. As aby found profoundly stmulsing the dea ha wo tags le look ite ale tut ave ery feet meanings and eis ke Ble oe ad the Bila bores, eas with thin my mind eat ound 2 way of eawing distinction that besa to seem ait fl. began to think that the beauty ofan ator coe be interaal oi.inthesense htt was pat othe corks mes Tie sawed on mein hiking about Rober Mothers eis fr the Sonish Republi .j Naerwespantings were in Soe sense, petal" ster a ‘ey were occasioned by an event inthe politcal sory of span Thee poet beauty feowed natty from being ees, since legis ae he ate "neantobe bel Somehow the Beauty athe elegy ited to roan pani somthing enue S the beauty woul el he mea, rine ors cnt he besuy of hewn inde wins rebut ‘mene ate el Fo oan sels ‘een lor hy reat i Tip otk attests of Wao BoB ince hs) otha vie Ponts ently sconce wok Tout what wa sicve 9 woo a agi 2 ma phevomewon, wa that had se Kind of esi, with nol Sone ig eno Sian towards sendin sore contrary te Sameig eng ten fein bon again The mang of woe oa iamimetecut pouuct whe pape hough itepetatn by someone tthe thane art and the bey the nn, indeed sat 50 ‘lel hate sen deg hu, Inca potted bythe wore meaning An ay te xan Were tego ol Thy 1 fl somewhat sheepish bu wet om Desi. Tis ws 2 ageing consequcnes af the ate ar estate ta reve tniyeas nana psp = hat ely se woke be done thls wasn nage aig the lose a cee (Bat that ad opened inst he sand trad a vl be Ines whi rigs i saa cote at Uepsngromartste oneioures ofthe ea ay wae al ro Sons Bot even any pve fs col the vii arthan abe tte loaned nthe sop acon nt il ot cal a i Troe hes eve new Yor er the fort atk men of eis depy ingress meer In anys eae {othe ven hat nweing abt Bn a sper as ates the chops dots ee Bey buono anes angeot este pals, and pho axes bar een pared by Tig 5, taro on beta, ut buy thon Oe othe este quaies Shartats au ke uth and eens snc sly among te lee iby but ono he vals that dies wat aay men fe mean Alexander Alberto Beauty Knows No Patn//2004 {11s ipaan wy not tt eer ple fra repeal of ety le he por of ames rh a jie fly wine tein asc Foe whe comemperary hast the en ee empha fe nk ‘roan mens fey a ol gene ese ie ty post nartofimmanene and cotgecy hat seh dems he wrk 253s bets ate perm eer node notre foe of Sine an dstuton nat paces hat pve lanes ha Juste nash aninerpaion asa nal contac se made sereanend even utensil et sehetormal send they are cnn ashing» ti el on Bey. why ‘kien sped ins ay rescore sesh and te an-aeset, adas pope of Beaty eve fee Peto iil oy esate eal Caer fe sett ros hel postion tha col su fr et protein lst an eum wheter ee Gen conn Ge anne ut gh he bee emacs tecofged yh tral process ese wes sinh Ser pend he Inesines af ty n the hp fig atc sta pet {ht foe fora eons aps nd coarse ng sb ive ihe ede acto nated ie eel crea ony ‘ests eed eri nnn ceuy nn oe ee 2 ese wobig thom aca ar presen es wag nt concerned with Icing ecm tomes ho a rs hearse wee a rat fool anita Bat om wan eve ths dacsion te rt dere he segs pt fed by te cent propre ef ayia te Cemening a ater reson aban by teats the ems Century dsoval of beauty - ras, te ct tha este asl Repeat or ahr posto he ers besa masta one line inden enor sei seo dng he Senter Saag eh rate tan being ted bya asneston theo eres an peaes aes han singe comer Deas beirrsewncormxsry threatening thrown dese for dioerested pleasure, vacates the eal such 5 clay age ta beats impesie sales cord oe time estes to {he unr pete ts ofr and vind ts cone viabisy the Beil ar fist driven by intensely nestalge mpulbes hey promote Bist views ofthe pt in the ope of turning uso sate uncauded by ‘he nigh and ssances made ina wide ange of theceal and dlscurve pects. inciding etal theory. socelogy, cultural studies and Dctoanabss ecord. though tight once aan ty wth Seiler utopias tf aesteicedeation and pola! mediation, todays ering on Beaty seni antpocal I mostly uring to contemplate te lestinacy 3 bts paces tha ake stand and big ogee he aesthetic, De cope Sn hecrtcal refering iasend to value reworks that operate ndependety of any prac interest And hits ew discourse on beauty Istrenchany ntimoderist secingmaderssmand its lect reson toeanscendene 3 Snithetel to, Seine patie he perennial reward of esthetic experienc, the tansendent experence of beauty ove the Teallies of the Wont Asenchanmen the poston of many of day’ chaps of eauy comes Ik remarkably Ike the one they censure, namely. tat of the dace’ Professional aestete proce ~ a8 they argue = by the caepmy ofthe a of wot he nd drs iinet rng several ways indie larger cultural condition. Nesta urs such asthe furrent one towards beauty ae usualy symptomatic of deeper suctal Feeoglion would distur ope’ se assured path rough preset 2nd fat Thus, We need oy tact he deeper scaly Smbatic meaning, the vents {nd ants, rom whieh uren reveal of Beauty Whetber e's thought of 26 inherently Se-concained of In Beckley and Shapitos words a5 ‘unconrlabe = diver as: ‘At the rat immed level, the cl for a eur to beauty order and perfection ate pt and pela tejection f the pli dimension a the Deoomenon tat came to be tleed to a postnodemsm. Jan-Fanas yotaréamoush defined postmeerism in ers ofthe subline apd poste i 25 presenting what Is unpresentable, excessive. epatless of order and of ie eons om this penpetie he funciona an obo stem to ess wich or Beer Ny erst nin al rctitons ber st ies dened appt eating, SS ET ne {ancenient denon oe ator inte wate aa of the 19605 and 1970s maw tad that negated the myth of ats sone a isabsed te artwork more tan ee before Rate a eae Iesningandvaie existe withntenciane popeecctdon ce ‘eho pees we how ie Pe ase ovens ef the ea obey to an iat neo of tne inl pace Ah whe teh sr ck Paes and et ress bees sey teens eae Aster iethepoblenai cones tow ero pave now reached an sg in which itis possible steal to produce hens erony peetion whee Ts ably habs oe eo Seine activein dee es om diel sangeet and vial way While these ensopaldelopnenn foe ee se hci, above epee moar ee nconcus aeties Inthe eo asi and loa mane Pode 3 newepstaey of the inage Net ony ened ‘aditional art media are produced, exhibited and cistibuted bece enn \ansfomed bt be new choles he od cothe mee fa ‘chance. ertor and the uncontrollable fo ess mates eae alee ple. Mass mae se soe ‘sy est manta Bu dtl image prions seat aveston te omer cca dstcton etn opy and on emienedby nswemiehcennry thon epoca eke amin Whee sacle eee tonne Sr res an ney new category of comand sores Man ays 936 photograph of ot Rick which Duchamp wed his ox ‘na Vaso 94 so comes ere clse ashen te econ 8y making mitre copies an pacing them alagsde epicgey on cxher works, Dichamp etrospecnely elise an sre easy Purpose and appearance None nthe ie desde he he was being redacted by anew generation of atsts heconienty won the este eading of is ork. nan nerve ven nn ne meee hs oi of abet at xin ay way determined ses oes, {et problem was the secton othe readymateIneded te coine ojo ‘without impresing re that isto say wlhoutit pring ary staf sete desecaton” And ns pe cussion ed Matta to OMA in 1964 he respanded to ‘ed e's questa "Why do [ee readymades al bok sinatra withthe arming ep: Robey sper» ets pin Visng an aeroplane exiiian in ain 912 wth Léger and raps Lee recalled that Duchamp "walked among the motor, the aropele, with Inerprezation, the cnc othe cary resdymades, suchas Rye Whee). Boe ack 104) and Fouarin mas goveed at sete infec bu by the new machine 2estet: Duciomp, ke many anes at he te. was sensi othe Beau of ndustally ruc objects the an Incidental and angel Beaty Dinos means of adaressing the problems that sch anaments preset is theory isto ntredueadisinction between wo ferent yes of ay. Tis tele for thsesay. Whereasthe Beauty of nace ek seule ih 23 the Anno i the Belvedere nec eit meaning, Banc hat Fourtan is beat in pine of form and sure and whiteness, his Inet. because te meaning ofthe works ently conceal ante cncedes thatthe ave ors of tweet entry a ha poses ‘owegat beauty =e piesa an example ethers sees of Spanish Fees but he insta ter Dhara besty optional ate ha essential or Thee of ase hs been succeeded y the era meaning the question ro longs something nod orb at? but, what does mean? Tough ‘he readymades Duchamp suceeded ia ‘verona there eivsaistng The terion of Ducham 38 an agent of revolutionary change who ests o1 an over simplified oppstion between tn dierent ee ofa Neither sie of he distinction stable. On the one Ane the ero’ that Data ch han is agunen amie —no ope woul wan cls haat such 8 Puusin a Rabens were only interested in retinal lear ata this was caso a tof eas On te her hand sees mispade t sHegs tat So-led conceptual 9 pst-cocepan act aes of into 2 prey cogine Fea in which with some are exceptions =o lnger mates what the coy because of the pot ole tha hasbeen Score fo hem by Dante ad (hers the history of oder, otter, postmodern ar. But ssn because it aloe a nag Moy) ‘cs fondaenay medio bout the eth roperiesofa fund orctmen ch . ‘Supervenience and Aesthetic Concepts. y Hos: tena eed? need wa ou inp. want {odin on arent oad y he poh spe? Man sesh 4 niet eed neste Concept hich wp spleen sds wae Sb Ws iy soca wit wht pe tata es ‘on the readymades. ian Stic sacs et by ain & incon betes ad on sextet rests. This hen cnplr tan sods ane a on ‘est kts ee se cate sath pe 05 see ‘ate mie nd sooth fxs wet pees aes ae Sales pe eeate monn cant sh Wes akng ae tee an geet eats cared er tao ate cepted ase ate an th hats fe eg th mag ih thes han sande Ran soe eines ha thse die obsenable ysl pees fhe arn: By ean he spplcaton of aestte pects rete he elamen es apn ‘ety or preteens they dca ete ca we mec en stant cabo ne sero sal op «rete sand in eon of deference ssi tone sega inspite ofa sek gas ana nina os os the prensa tres ihe ca an ag caw te pig of maior seed of mover asbestos trier doce wit ny exes of ences Sie not ha when esp ae des een ean sity 7 wtering 0 an ato onan pee wey sous dete becuse of 1 pests on a Beet 2 ping acs tle Beas oe grup ores soe tee ‘ent. or. orth ht patie ha pallor iw dette do noc at este ements wnat oe ince ressoning. None er fo spo hee ot dese ers we een tovn tic aaes aie 5 at este ropes re panded in nan see pon ee Inguage of conempaty arabe Phos. we can sy te nee opetes ae 50 ated that thee cant be 3 change nthe fst witha thee being a change tothe second Since 8 wok of art omes ls aesthetic appl obser ates the objeto aporedton, Wwe keep his argument mind and consider once again Duchamp’ Fountain, we can se tht the reain of dependency hat Site deere token The 2prepite sesthticpreciates or ountin are terms such 3 wit. ding Dovocate, subversive, fn. nteligent, ans forth. tthe appation of these predates does nt depend of Fountain being white, cuted. smo wand iomerphic ete One cotay thee ae poperoes tht We wamaly associate with the odgemert tht something eleann sesh act ete ie Fount ey se. He seems then that Dano Is ight to aim Duchamp has succeded in producing work a a wiht aesthetis s tht the standards of taste tht But ie stint between ste nd paste rede an ss hep to cas doubt om this conclusion For inorder to ecgnze the wit and provocation of Foun one as to ace that frog sala ns Distal appearance to the most advanced modemis sulla such #2 francais Princess X, Duchamp has chosen an abject tat should cause problems nt ony othe most coneratie meters ofthe selection uy Bat so forthe most tat gate Fors one can spree an shat objet sch {2s Pincess Xo its sto src, ound shape and boro fom why Sould on nt ln apprect Fountain the sameway? Sima. sony we recone Fount proximity co the peevaing smichneseuetic with its dotine of farm flowing funtion, that we can exter the absureity of presenting plea plumbing on «path Even the ange atelyhanewien senate — with sme of the finshed work mening. Inthe ase of tte Kak ere 3 oubing pony to pose Cbist constructed sculpture such 2 Passo’ Guar (192) Talis Corer Ree? 8) Duhamp plays with. and eheteby rt, a only conventional ces tout art bu aso the mart advanced views a his tine Arendal chosen ‘yet would nt hae the sae 'esonances rl inthe same compton Wt therefore wrong to calm thatthe eadynaces ate bean the \eadtonl sense ofthe term. a Carel! snd Matherwel propose, Dacha oes rot smply present us with a ound objet hat cane spre 3 i CC E’~S'S'S ete a wrk fades scl oF desi sea he does eveything he

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