모두를 위한 엘리트주의 ―공동체적 가치의 담론 장場으로서 미술비평 (Elitism for Everyone ―Art criticism as a field of discussions for community values)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 현대미술학회
· 수록지 정보 : 현대미술학 논문집 / 13권 / 209 ~ 233페이지
· 저자명 : 강수미

초록

Why do we value art? In what criteria do we evaluate its worth? Is it the
aesthetic value or exchange value of art work? The contemporary global
art scene seems to have the closest relationship between art and the
public, more than any other period. Art attracts an enormous number of
people, by putting on international art fairs, auctions, blockbuster
exhibitions, etc. or by producing a range of sensational news, artists as
celebrities, and mega global art events. In this sense art is flourishing, but
invisibly, out of sight of contemporary collective intellectual life.
Many people argue that art criticism is in a worldwide crisis. But at the
very same time, art criticism is booming: it is everywhere, for example
glossy art magazines, prominent newspapers, well-produced brochures or
catalogs, and blogspots, and often benefits from high-quality publishing
and wide distribution. However, art criticism is in crisis only because it has
largely given up judging artworks in favor of describing them.
Contemporary critics tend not to think outside the box of the exhibition or
particular work at hand. Commercial art galleries and newspapers that call
for the reform of art criticism usually attack jargon, and promote simple
ideas. So in brief, this is the problematic situation of art criticism: it is
produced more widely than ever before, and massively ignored in contemporary intellectual debates. I thought such circumstance is seriously
problematic or risky, so I speculated about the evaluation and judgment of
contemporary art and art criticism in this study.
In the first section of this paper, I considered the problem of standards
in art evaluation. In the second, I attempted to argue that art criticism
should function as a field of discussion for collective values, for example
the critical reflection of the human being and death, rather than a simple
description of art or a kind of guide to the art. In conclusion, I suggested
that art criticism can take a turn for the better by using its lack of
codification and its heterogeneity.

영어초록

Why do we value art? In what criteria do we evaluate its worth? Is it the
aesthetic value or exchange value of art work? The contemporary global
art scene seems to have the closest relationship between art and the
public, more than any other period. Art attracts an enormous number of
people, by putting on international art fairs, auctions, blockbuster
exhibitions, etc. or by producing a range of sensational news, artists as
celebrities, and mega global art events. In this sense art is flourishing, but
invisibly, out of sight of contemporary collective intellectual life.
Many people argue that art criticism is in a worldwide crisis. But at the
very same time, art criticism is booming: it is everywhere, for example
glossy art magazines, prominent newspapers, well-produced brochures or
catalogs, and blogspots, and often benefits from high-quality publishing
and wide distribution. However, art criticism is in crisis only because it has
largely given up judging artworks in favor of describing them.
Contemporary critics tend not to think outside the box of the exhibition or
particular work at hand. Commercial art galleries and newspapers that call
for the reform of art criticism usually attack jargon, and promote simple
ideas. So in brief, this is the problematic situation of art criticism: it is
produced more widely than ever before, and massively ignored in contemporary intellectual debates. I thought such circumstance is seriously
problematic or risky, so I speculated about the evaluation and judgment of
contemporary art and art criticism in this study.
In the first section of this paper, I considered the problem of standards
in art evaluation. In the second, I attempted to argue that art criticism
should function as a field of discussion for collective values, for example
the critical reflection of the human being and death, rather than a simple
description of art or a kind of guide to the art. In conclusion, I suggested
that art criticism can take a turn for the better by using its lack of
codification and its heterogeneity.

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