4/19/10

"In short, pure abstract art involves the perceptual idealization of the unique qualities of the visual world in a practical society that has no use for them, except as decoration, confection and a touch of glamour or charm. All are grotesque misunderstandings of unique quality, distorting and degrading it into a trivial sensation."

-Donald Kuspit
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  1. Kristen4/19/10, 11:50 PM

    What is the context of this quote? It is maddening.

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  2. Joshua Olivera4/20/10, 3:41 PM

    Donald Kuspit is an art professor and the author of "The end of art". I love his writing and if you read the entire article, in context, he is actually a huge fan of abstract art. In this instance he is critiquing 'practical society' and their bourgeois reaction to abstract work...

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