I read Alberro’s “Institutions, critique, and institutional critique”. For the most part it dissected the dynamic between artist, art word, critic and the institution (referencing both visitors and managers/curators). I found it fairly standard but two things stood out:
The fist was a quote by WochenKlausur referencing the ‘exit strategy’:
‘Art should no longer be venerated in specially designated spaces…. Art should deal with reality, grapple with political circumstances, and work out proposals for improving coexistence’ WochenKlausur, 2005.
This truly resonated with me and was compounded by the attempts by many artists groups negate system, the institution. the While I think there is and has always been a need for the Institution I like this anti-establishment concept. This quote incites the reader to think outside of the box, to be creative , to be artists and to be conscious and informed members of society.
The second was just referencing the “aesthetic articulation”, art education and art school. The following quote amused me wondering how SCA and its students fitted into this:
‘Institutions such as art schools are disproportionately composed of students from wealthy backgrounds and thereby reproduce “the artistic values and interests of those socially and economic advantaged individuals.”’ –Alberro (2009) referencing Piper (1983).
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