Tam Nguyen Blog #3
Works of Art and Mere Real Thing
The reading, “Works of Art and Mere Real Things”, is a difficult reading to understand. However, Danto introduces an imaginary exhibition he has curated which includes all red squares and an object, which is also red. He also introduces a fictional artist “J” who paints a red, rectangular work nearly matching to the ones in his showing, and requests Danto include it, which he does J calls his work “Untitled.” He mentions, ““It cannot be simply because J is an artist, for not everything touched by an artist turns to art,” and ““A fence painted by J is only a painted fence.” Danto argues that the institutional theory of art is inadequate. It might explain why Duchamp’s fountain was elevated from a “mere thing” to an artwork, it fails to explain why it received this promotion in the first place. …show more content…
It would be an impressive strategy if both turned out to exemplify the same sort of gap.”
However, the argument for convention doesn’t bother Danto for too long, and he eventually dismisses it as
Works of Art and Mere Real Thing
The reading, “Works of Art and Mere Real Things”, is a difficult reading to understand. However, Danto introduces an imaginary exhibition he has curated which includes all red squares and an object, which is also red. He also introduces a fictional artist “J” who paints a red, rectangular work nearly matching to the ones in his showing, and requests Danto include it, which he does J calls his work “Untitled.” He mentions, ““It cannot be simply because J is an artist, for not everything touched by an artist turns to art,” and ““A fence painted by J is only a painted fence.” Danto argues that the institutional theory of art is inadequate. It might explain why Duchamp’s fountain was elevated from a “mere thing” to an artwork, it fails to explain why it received this promotion in the first place. …show more content…
It would be an impressive strategy if both turned out to exemplify the same sort of gap.”
However, the argument for convention doesn’t bother Danto for too long, and he eventually dismisses it as