Review article

https://doi.org/10.21464/sp31108

Art, World, Artworld

Gizela Horváth orcid.org/0000-0002-7254-3704 ; Partium Christian University, Strada Primăriei 36, RO–410209 Oradea

Abstract

Ancient Greek philosophers claimed that the particular task of art was mimesis. This kind of view about the relation between art and the world was dominant until the beginning of the 19th century. The theory of genius rethought this relation, and it did not presume that art needs to mirror the world. On the contrary, it expected originality, that is, the creation of a new world. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the artworld operates under a wider notion of the ‘work of art’, e.g. Duchamp’s “readymade” and “institutional readymade”, which are linked to outsider art. In both cases, the creation of an object and the creation of an art piece are separate actions performed by different individuals. This paper attempts to tackle these problems and prove that the contemporary art does not relate primarily to the world, but mainly to the artworld. Thus, the path from art to the world goes through the artworld.

Keywords

mimesis; genius; artistic creation; readymade; artworld

Hrčak ID:

179898

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/179898

Publication date:

5.9.2016.

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