The End of Painting by Douglas Crimp

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Perpetual Subjectivity In existential thought it is often questioned who decides what is right and what is wrong. Our everyday beliefs based on the assumption that not everything we are told may be true. This questioning has given light to the subjective perspective. This means that there is a lack of a singular view that is entirely devoid of predetermined values. These predetermined values are instilled upon society by various sources such as family to the media. On a societal level this has given rise to the philosophy of social hype. The idea of hype lies in society as the valuation of something purely off someone or some group of people valuing it. Hype has become one of the main driving forces behind what society considers to be good art and how successful artists can become while being the main component that leads to a wide spread belief, followed by its integration into subjective views. Its presence in the art world propagates trends, fads, and limits what we find to be good art. Our subjective outlook on art is powered by society’s feedback upon itself. The art world, high and low, is exploited by this social construction. Even when objective critique is the goal subjective remnants can still seep through and influence an opinion. Subjective thought in the art world has been self perpetuated through regulated museums, idolization of the author, and general social construction because of hype. One of the most recognizable sources of the fueling of a homogenous subjective thought is the media. Academic institutions are often overlooked as there is the assumption that they plant only righteous thoughts and pure information; however, with the growing privatization of museums society should grow wary of lower censors... ... middle of paper ... ...is interaction takes place and does not stop; it self perpetuates until reality is altered no matter if the belief is a truth or not. The phenomena of self perpetuating subjectivity in our society is being exploited and has lead to a homogenous hive mind that has convinced itself of its autonomy. This hive mind limits growth in a society as it strikes down new ideas that, while unfavorable in the societies eyes, may be breakthroughs in human thought and life. Bibliography Baudrillard, Jean. "Simulacra and Simulations." Jean Baudrillard, Selected Writings, ed Mark Poster. Stanford University Press, 1998, pp.166-184. Available: www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/Baudrillard/Baudrillard_Simulacra.html Crimp, Douglas. "Simulacra and Simulations." Douglas Crimp,Vol. 16 Art World Follies, The MIT Press, 1981, pp.69-86 http://www.jstor.org/stable/778375

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