The âDistractionâ of Contemporary Art according to Yves Michaud

RÃ³bert Karul

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Chapter 7 The âDistractionâ of Contemporary Art according to Yves Michaud

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In the article I present the characterization of contemporary fine art as elaborated by Yves Michaud and based mainly on the ideas of Walter Benjamin and Arthur Danto. Michaud adds a number of his own new features to the interpretations of these authors. He claims that the work of art is distinguished by multiple âdistractionsâ: the spatial one (the work of art is everywhere), the perceptual one (we perceive it as blurred), and the experiential one (the experience of art is a form of entertainment). Contemporary works of art become more and more entertaining cultural products. Michaud completes these sketches with one more sketch: art, including contemporary art, is a form of self-decoration. The function of decoration is very rudimentary; its roots reach into animality, and it has the ability to designate or confirm oneâs identity. In the second part of the article I attempt to problematize the idea of identifying contemporary artifacts with products of consumption.

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Modern and Postmodern Crises of Symbolic Structures

Essays in Philosophical Anthropology

Series:Â Value Inquiry Book Series, Volume: 356, Value Inquiry Book Series Online, Volume: 356, and Studies in the History of Western Philosophy, Volume: 356

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