RHETOR 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jackson Pollock, Real Humans
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In good films, there is always a directness that entirely frees us from the itch to interpret. Abstract painting is the attempt to have, in the ordinary sense, no content; since there is no content, there can be no interpretation . She means there no mimetic content - not a representation of an object. Focus on form, instead of meaning and content. Jackson pollock paintings (splattered paint on canvas) - form (textuality, materiality, color) S"s suggestion that some artists avoid injecting content is one that can be challenged. Western conceptions of content (what constitutes content?) In plato"s, there is the realm of the true. Experience of love is only one form of true love. Someone who is wise is only an imitation of true wisdom. The further down the chain you go, the worse you are. Sontag points out that we have spent so much time wrapped up in plato"s theory and defending it.
