Unbound: the circulation of works of art among different cultures

Journal of Aesthetics & Culture

关键词: Contemporary art;    aesthetics;    epistemology;    globalization;    “;    Free Universal Construction Kit”;   

DOI  :  10.3402/jac.v5i0.22668

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article investigates how cultural circulation of art may be considered from two different perspectives: one sees the circulation of art within a globalization paradigm according to which contemporary art has become increasingly global by circulating among and transgressing different geographical and national borders, whereas the other focuses on the circulation of art across different epistemological borders. Thus, the first is an intra-discursive circulation of art insofar as the epistemological discourse of art itself is not transgressed despite the focus on cultural transgression within the globalization paradigm. The latter, on the other hand, is an inter-discursive circulation of art, since it focuses on art's ability to work, simultaneously, within different epistemological discourses. By analysing the artwork Free Universal Construction Kit, the article critically investigates the aesthetic potentials of these two different paradigms. The analysis is carried out by considering how Kantian subject positions regarding the aesthetic can be taken on within each paradigm. The author demonstrates that, paradoxically, the inter-discursive circulation of art prompts for greater aesthetic potentials than the intra-discursive circulation of the globalization paradigm.

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