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The current demoralization of the art world is attributable at least in part to museum interference, ideological and practical, with ongoing creation in art.
Art on the Edge (1975)
Greatness in art is always a by-product.
Art on the Edge (1975)
Art has arrived at the paradox that tradition itself requires the occurrence of radical attacks on tradition.
Art on the Edge (1975)
In the United States, revolts tends to be directed against specific situations, rarely against the social structure as a whole.
Art on the Edge (1975)
Only through apprehending, by means of present-day creations, how art is created, can the creations of other periods be genuinely appreciated.
Art on the Edge (1975)
Abandoned by philosophy, politics, and sociology, historical determinism continues to hold out in formalist art criticism.
Art on the Edge (1975)
Imitation of the art of earlier centuries, as that done by Picasso and Modigliani, is carried on not to perpetuate ancient values but to demonstrate that new aesthetic orders now prevail.
Art on the Edge (1975)
Abstract art as it is conceived at present is a game bequeathed to painting and sculpture by art history. One who accepts its premises must consent to limit his imagination to a depressing casuistry regarding the formal requirements of modernism.
Art on the Edge (1975)
The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art but to release himself from it, in order to replace it with his own history. However the historical pattern is drawn, it will not fit the developing sensibility of the individual.
Art on the Edge (1975)