Thoughts
Posts tagged with Philosophy
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The ordinary in (applied) art.
As an artist interested in the ordinary, saying this might seem heretical, but I suspect art itself can’t be ordinary—the absence might even be what separates applied art from contemporary art. I know that art is notoriously hard to define, but we could try to formulate at least a negative…
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Art vs. Applied Art
Photography lives in two different worlds. One is the world of fine arts, where photography took place around 100 years ago, with renowned artists, exhibitions and sky-high prices on the art market. The other is the world of applied arts, where reportage meets portraiture meets commercial photography. But where is…