FAH102H1 Lecture Notes - Willem De Kooning, Michael Baxandall, Henri Matisse
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Does not require on specific kind of skill. Devaluation of certain types of art from other regions as way to ignore/dismiss/not. Although encompassing many things which were not previously considered art as art is engage with elevating, that is not the purpose. Encompassing more as art helps to ask better questions. It"s art if art historians study it - institutional theory of art. Proposes are is any material or visual thing made by art/art persons which has value of a social/political/spiritual/aesthetic nature. Gives example of pile of logs in flatbed truck. Thing company, a portfolio of piles #56, 1968 (iaian baxter&) Came across piles and then took photos. Liked idea that you can claim something as art, that you might otherwise. Carries social/politial meaning forcing us to ask what is art? or ignore or not consider art consider its beauty, etc. Value of social/political/spiritual/aesthetic by creator/viewer and/or patron. Shows that more than the creator has voice in final product.