Prejudice in judgement is not easily overcome.
mando
On Feb 12, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Chris Miller wrote:
Whatever the degree of prejudice and variability in everyone's
educated
taste,critical differentiation must be made -- if not by an active
viewer,
then by the people who locate something in a prestigious and
accessible place
to be seen by everyone else.
Gallerists and curators can sometimes be the most active viewers,
an extreme
example being the art dealer who discovered the paintings of a
Chicago school
teacher in a dumpster about 40 years ago. In despair over his
career as an artist, the artist was throwing them away, but the
dealer took
them to a show in Italy where they were subsequently discovered by
a dealer
from Paris who bought every painting the artist ever made for the
next 35
years - paintings which now can sell for over $50,000.
There are so many kinds of art/music/literature, it would be
impossible for
anyone to always be an active viewer/listener/reader.
But still, the active pursuit of aesthetic pleasure within one of
them can be
considered a "joy of art"
Though, there is no disputing that there is also a joy in
conformity - i.e.
the self-comforting conceit that one agrees with the judgment of
experts.
.....................................
I agree that we should approach any work of art without any
prejudice.
However critical differentiation comes into play if that work of
art is not
in
a harmony with the nature of person's educated taste.
Besides, the nature of one's educated taste is personal
and in a constant state of variability, not set in cement
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