> At 07:08 PM 11/12/2010, Miles Jackson wrote:
>
> I'd say the prevailing ideology is that the Artist should be able to
>> articulate the True Meaning of the Work.
>>
>
> That's not so true any longer is it? We've been talking about death of
> the author for decades now.
>
> I recognize that this requires us to give up the idea of the artist as the
>> one true arbiter of what a work of art means, but as far as I'm concerned,
>> the sooner we abandon that bulwark of capitalist ideology, the better.
>>
>
> Why all or nothing? It only means that the artist is one more voice in the
> conversation.
>
>
> I think the key is that, despite the death of The Author, it seems to me
that the voice of the artist ought to be able to articulate something
coherent, if not comprehensive, authoritative or totalizing. I took the
concern, earlier in the thread, to be that artists were striking folks as
possessing disappointingly inarticulate or inexpressive voices and... I can
see this taking me in unfortunate directions...