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questions and art Q&Art Andrea Fraser What is an artist?

what is an artist?

3 December 20174 December 2017 questionsandart

Spoiler alert: this is a Q&Art blog full of questions, without satisfying answers. Where did art movements go? Are we ever going to talk about art from the 00’s and early 10’s in terms of movements? Art history books seem … Continue reading what is an artist?

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rich reading of contemporary society?

23 November 201723 November 2017 questionsandart

This week marks the last week of the 57th Venice Biennale. One pavilion that interests me is the Kenyan one which hosts the exhibition Another Country which includes the following artists: Arlene Wandera, Mwangi Hutter, Paul Onditi, Peterson Kamwathi, and Richard Kimathi. I … Continue reading rich reading of contemporary society?

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mystification of art; why?

22 November 201715 April 2018 questionsandart

In which way do we see art? What’s the allure of the original piece of art? Why is art difficult? The late John Berger asked himself these very questions in the 70’s. If we are able to find it out, … Continue reading mystification of art; why?

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to advocate feminism

20 October 201720 October 2017 questionsandart

Gloria Jean Watkins alias bell hooks (without capitals, born 1952) has been writing about feminism since her teens. Three years after her first feminist book Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (1981) was published, she wrote the first edition of Feminist … Continue reading to advocate feminism

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art?

28 August 201724 November 2017 questionsandart

“It’s easy to feel insecure around art and its appreciation, as though we cannot enjoy certain artworks if we don’t have a lot of academic and historical knowledge. But if there’s one message that I want you to take away … Continue reading art?

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Linda Nochlin

feminist critique of art history blastoff

14 August 201716 August 2017 questionsandart

“The fault lies not in our stars, our hormones, our menstrual cycles, or our empty internal spaces, but in our institutions and our education.”  In 1971, Linda Nochlin took the lead in developing a feminist critique of art history by … Continue reading feminist critique of art history blastoff

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HANS HAACKE VENICE BIENNALE QUESTIONS AND ART Q&Art

smashing history

15 May 201723 January 2018 questionsandart

For the reason the Venice Biennale kicked off last week, I want to share one of my favourite pieces ever exhibited in the long history of the biennale.  The Venice Biennale presents since 1893 pavilions in which artists represent their … Continue reading smashing history

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