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>I've been thinking a lot the past few weeks about art
>and capitalism as a result of reading Julian
>Stallabrass. I know it is probably old hat for most
>of the people on this list, but I am curious about the
>outdated notion of revolutionary claims made for
>avant-garde work by figures like Clement Greenberg and
>my otherwise hero Adorno. I am also interested in the
>links between social position and taste. So my New
>Year's resolution is to finally get familiar with
>Bourdieu, and to read T.J. Clark's Farewell to an
>Idea.
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The other thing is to DO art. Pick something: dance, music, painting,
photography. Something.
Find out how it takes about two years to become functionally literate, and then at least another eight years to have it start coming together.
The best theory comes out of practice.
Joanna