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Outside art and insider artists: Gauging public reactions to contemporary public art. Nathalie Heinich.
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Outside art and insider artists: Gauging public reactions to contemporary public art Nathalie Heinich
“The modernist era was marked by a continual breaching of distinctions regarding what is or is not art, and the breakdown of the hierarchies which had traditionally demarcated them…How then, do we determine what constitutes art and judge different historic works?” Vera Zolberg and Joni Maya Cherbo, Introduction to Outsider art: Contesting boundaries in contemporary culture
Robert Buren, Les Deux Plateaux at Palais-Royal, ParisFrom http://www.delairedanslart.fr/art-contemporain/musee-fabre-montpellier-sauve-qui-peut-daniel-buren-est-partout/attachment/lescolonnesdeburen_021/
Christo, Wrapping of the Pont-Neuf Bridge, Paris, 1985 Photograph by Wolfgang Volz, National Gallery of Art
Common arguments raised in the rejection of public art • [Sexual] morality • Preservation of cultural heritage and the integrity of historical monuments • Artistic authenticity
Dennis Oppenheim, Device to Root Out EvilImage from http://unusual-architecture.com/device-to-root-out-evil-vancouver-canada/