The article: “Essays on the Blurring of Art
and Life”, written by Allan kaprow. His essays are some of the most thoughtful,
provocative, and influential of his generation. He uses his own experiences to express
the art. He brushes his teeth in the morning when he wakes up. Because he
focuses on his elbow movement’s direction which are moving up and down for the
mirror. He said: “The practice of such an art, which isn’t perceived as art, is
not so much a contradiction as a paradox.” (219) No gallery, critic to judge,
publicity. He just stays in his bathroom and pay attention to brush his teeth,
to watch his elbow moving. I think he is a real art, because artists not only
draw an abstraction picture, but also draw a picture, which is focusing real
life. I like his words: “Art shifted away from the specialized object in the
gallery to the real urban environment; to the real body and mind.” (222)
But, I cannot understand what the mean of: “Anything
less than paradox would be simplistic.”
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