tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post1095818789473033751..comments2024-03-28T09:51:55.365-06:00Comments on ECOLOGY WITHOUT NATURE: Art-Critical ContradictionsTimothy Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05067377804366363020noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-9465042927684721912011-07-24T15:46:42.287-05:002011-07-24T15:46:42.287-05:00You wrote:
Thus there seem to be art-critical con...You wrote:<br /><br /><i>Thus there seem to be art-critical contradictions that are not explosive. The two interpretations of the Turner for instance contradict, and both are true; but this doesn't mean that this interpretation is also true:<br /><br /> Rain, Steam and Speed is about a tomato called Ronnie who juggles on Titan.<br /><br /><br />Now my question is why are dialetheias possible in art criticism? And my answer is, it has to be something to do with the object. And what is that? In a word, a profound ontological ambiguity. </i><br />-----------------------------<br /><br />Well, first: Rain, Steam and Speed <b>is</b> about a tomato called Ronnie who juggles on Titan.<br /><br />Seriously. It's true. If your art criticism is of the surreal/dada/fluxist variety. You need to look at the works of Glen Baxter.<br /><br />Art was eaten by the entertainment industry decades ago. Sometimes I'm surprised people still talk about it like it somehow matters or something.Henry Warwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051313050545406852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-9660659124383758272011-07-24T15:35:24.580-05:002011-07-24T15:35:24.580-05:00Is this journal article a version of the same essa...Is <a href="http://bjaesthetics.oxfordjournals.org/content/42/3/296.abstract" rel="nofollow">this journal article</a> a version of the same essay? Couldn't find a copy of the essay you mention, but did run across this.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15939949185232291652noreply@blogger.com