A print is the work of art. The block is a preliminary-it isn't finished.
So the print work of art is not a replica, not a copy, and each print
stands on its own as a work of art. Anyone who has ever sat with a folder of
great prints knows or learns at the time about their restricted
exhibition,
their cultural value-they certainly have an "aura". They even get special
paper,in some cases made for them in particular.
"...For the first time in the process of pictorial reproduction,
photography freed the hand of the most important artistic functions
which henceforth devolved only upon the eye looking into a lens...."
Oh,fooey. When was this written? On H German the other day they were
reviewing something which was partly about Benjamin's drug experimentation.
The
experimentation seemed to be around the time of inventing the aura. And no,
Derek, whatever it is you just thought of, don't say it.
KAte Sullivan
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