Saturday, May 13, 2006
I have come to some conclusions about politics and art.
- Artists should not align themselves officially with any political entity.
- Artists should allow they're work to be the propaganda of any political entity, even if they see it as the 'wrong' political entity, they should see this as part of the life of the work.
- If an artist wants to be truly revolutionary he/she should understand that the art establishment is fundamentally and irrevocably entangled in the current political status quo, however much it protests otherwise. Art is fundamentally materialism and as Marx points out, culture has evolved out of and is an expression of the capitalist world:
'Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.' - Karl Marx ¶ 2:29 PM
- Artists should not align themselves officially with any political entity.
- Artists should allow they're work to be the propaganda of any political entity, even if they see it as the 'wrong' political entity, they should see this as part of the life of the work.
- If an artist wants to be truly revolutionary he/she should understand that the art establishment is fundamentally and irrevocably entangled in the current political status quo, however much it protests otherwise. Art is fundamentally materialism and as Marx points out, culture has evolved out of and is an expression of the capitalist world:
'Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.' - Karl Marx ¶ 2:29 PM
