Give an example of one work of art/ design that exemplifies the best of contemporary practice (not your own). Describe the object and explain your choice. Things you should consider include: (i) A formal description of the object (what is it made from; how was it made; what, if anything, does it represent? (ii) An account of why you’ve picked the object. What questions does this object ask of us? What problems does the object solve? How might we think or live differently as a result?
“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different” this TS Eliot quote was our starting point for the lecture we had on the 14th of October entitled The Culture of the Copy / The Death of the Author.
Roland Barthes’ essay ‘The Death of the Author’ was written in 1967. Barthes was a French philosopher and critic (b1915). He influenced 20th Century …show more content…
Joseph Cornell’s Pharmacy which was made in 1943, 48 years before Hirst's My Way was created or exhibited. Pharmacy is slightly different in that it is a brown shelving unit / cabinet rather than a white one. It also has a glass door and has glass bottles on the shelves which are filled with various artifacts and substances.
Joseph Cornell is was an American sculptor (b 1903) and was contemporary of Duchamp, Rothko and Warhol;; yet he was known to be a bit of a recluse. Funnily enough artist Edward Hopper was also born in the same town as Cornell and he too had a reputation of being socially awkward. Unlike Hirst, Cornell's work often featured the theme of a ‘cabinet’ or a ‘box’. ‘The box is the central metaphor of Joseph Cornell’s life, just as it is the signature element of his exquisite and disturbing body of work, his factory of dreams. He made boxes to keep wonders in: small wooden boxes that he built in the
“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different” this TS Eliot quote was our starting point for the lecture we had on the 14th of October entitled The Culture of the Copy / The Death of the Author.
Roland Barthes’ essay ‘The Death of the Author’ was written in 1967. Barthes was a French philosopher and critic (b1915). He influenced 20th Century …show more content…
Joseph Cornell’s Pharmacy which was made in 1943, 48 years before Hirst's My Way was created or exhibited. Pharmacy is slightly different in that it is a brown shelving unit / cabinet rather than a white one. It also has a glass door and has glass bottles on the shelves which are filled with various artifacts and substances.
Joseph Cornell is was an American sculptor (b 1903) and was contemporary of Duchamp, Rothko and Warhol;; yet he was known to be a bit of a recluse. Funnily enough artist Edward Hopper was also born in the same town as Cornell and he too had a reputation of being socially awkward. Unlike Hirst, Cornell's work often featured the theme of a ‘cabinet’ or a ‘box’. ‘The box is the central metaphor of Joseph Cornell’s life, just as it is the signature element of his exquisite and disturbing body of work, his factory of dreams. He made boxes to keep wonders in: small wooden boxes that he built in the