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Release the art! | Rethinking life and art | The rebellion against commodification
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Release the art! | Rethinking life and art | The rebellion against commodification

Brenden
Jun 21, 2022
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Gypsy and harlequin, 1947 - Remedios Varo
Remedios Varo

Is this post a post-post-modern perspective on art? Huh, maybe.

“As Marx might say, you can be an abstractions in the morning, a photorealist in the afternoon, a minimal minimalist in the evening. Or you can cut out paper dolls or do what you damned please. The age of pluralism is upon us. It does not matter any longer what you do, which is what pluralism means. When one direction is as good as another direction, there is no concept of direction any longer to apply.” — Arthur Danto

Release the art!

The phrase I tell myself the most is probably 'when you do life, you do art.' It has been impactful in helping me remain ‘balanced’ because life is full of mundane loops. Work. Eat. Sleep. Shit. We all must do these things to live...but the one I find myself needing the most 'balance' for is: work. Work can be a dreary-filled drag, but it must be done, especially if I wish to keep my lights on.

But we have art! We have creation! Art and creation...the two things in life that all…

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