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]
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| Series: | Forerunners (Minneapolis, Minn.)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781452962450 1452962456 |