Art has political consequences, which is to say, it reorganizes society and creates constituencies of people around it.
I hate all that woozy political and psychotherapeutic crap applied to books and art. - Dave Hickey
I hate all that woozy political and psychotherapeutic crap applied to books and art.
- Dave Hickey
In images,... beauty was the agency that caused visual pleasure in the beholder; and any theory of images that was not grounded in the pleasure of th… - Dave Hickey
In images,... beauty was the agency that caused visual pleasure in the beholder; and any theory of images that was not grounded in the pleasure of th…
In my experience, you always think you know what you're doing; you always think you can explain, but you always discover, years later, that you didn'… - Dave Hickey
In my experience, you always think you know what you're doing; you always think you can explain, but you always discover, years later, that you didn'…
It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn't understand, you'd have some obligation to guess. Now you don't. - Dave Hickey
It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn't understand, you'd have some obligation to guess. Now you don't.
Beauty is and always will be blue skies and open highway. - Dave Hickey
Beauty is and always will be blue skies and open highway.
Most famous artists are created by their work and the idea of them as a character, and if they're smart and ambitious, they reinforce that character … - Dave Hickey
Most famous artists are created by their work and the idea of them as a character, and if they're smart and ambitious, they reinforce that character …
Art has political consequences, which is to say, it reorganizes society and creates constituencies of people around it. - Dave Hickey
Beautiful art sells. If it sells itself, it is an idolatrous commodity; if it sells anything else, it is a seductive advertisement. - Dave Hickey
Beautiful art sells. If it sells itself, it is an idolatrous commodity; if it sells anything else, it is a seductive advertisement.
Where do you learn how to act? Not at church. America is a lot more like pagan Rome than we think. We still sacrifice to objects to gain our social g… - Dave Hickey
Where do you learn how to act? Not at church. America is a lot more like pagan Rome than we think. We still sacrifice to objects to gain our social g…
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