The History of Modern Art (short version) 1917: Duchamp's urinal-as-art-work. 2017: Small gallery in Dalston finally shocks the bourgeoisie.
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Replying to @Outsideness
I'm all for shock as a byproduct, but there is a real danger in adopting the modernist avant garde teleology.
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Replying to @eli_schiff
The thing about teleology is that it tends (strongly) to grab the steering wheel.
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Replying to @Outsideness @eli_schiff
... Those who thought they were guiding it end up with their faces in the mud mumbling rationalizations (more or less bitterly).
1:49 AM - 26 Feb 2017
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