A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg,.. is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
Hans HaackeMuseums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
Hans HaackeArt in the art world, and culture in general, are branches of the media, which produces our political and social thinking climate.
Hans HaackeWhen works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that, per se. But there is more to art than that.
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