ARTHI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Essentialism, Cultural Appropriation, Conceptual Art
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The adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of another culture. Fear is that the original meaning of the elements is lost or distorted; such displays are viewed as disrespectful by members of the originating culture. Ethnocentrism: judgment of other cultures by the values and standards of one"s own culture. A prestigious exhibition that occurs every 2 years. Organized by the whitney museum of american art, new york. A practice of artistic production that accords highest priority to idea or concept that generates a work and regards art media as equally available and valuable instruments for realizing it. Derives from marcel duchamp"s notion of anti-visual in favor of the idea of the object itself. Lasting form of an artwork is created and later re-created in the viewer"s mind. Elements other than the visual may be part of the artwork form. Artist is free to appropriate tools, images, objects.
