Multiculturalist Aesthetics and criticism

Multiculturalist Aesthetics and criticism

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  MULTICULTURALIST AESTHETICS AND CRITICISM Writing ArtEducation AE 2367.2
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  WESTERN EUROPEAN HOMOGENIZATION IN THEUS
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  Two Realities inthe ArtWorld What we are given ■ MaleWestern European artist as apex ■ Art from other cultures or countries as “diverse” or “folk” ■ Appreciate, don’t question What is real ■ MaleWestern European artists, while skilled and talented, are not the apex of creativity ■ Art from other cultures and countries has been systematically processed so as to reserve the highest positions in art museums to the dominant ■ The placing of art in a museum should be questioned on more than its aesthetic value.
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  Four Questions ofMulticulturalist Aesthetics For whom was the art created? For whom does it exist? Who is represented? Who is doing the telling?The hearing?
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  MULTICULTURISTTHEORY RIGHTLYCLAIMSTHAT ANUNDERCURRENTOFTHOUGHT AND BIAS PROPAGATED BYTHE CAPITAL CONTROLLING ELITE HAVE DEVELOPED STEREOTYPESAND IMPLICIT BIASESWHICH SUBCONSCIOUSLY POSITIONWHITE MALEWESTERN EUROPEAN DOMINATEDART ASTHE EPITOMEOF CREATIVITY AND SKILLANDTHE STANDARD BYWHICH ALL “OTHER”ART SHOULD BE JUDGEDAND APPRECIATED. MULTICULTURISTART PUSHESTHIS SUBCONSCIOUS INTOVIEW, FORCINGTHE VIEWERTO QUESTIONANDACKNOWLEDGEAWORK OF ART SOTHATTHEVALUE ATTRIBUTEDTO ITWILL NO LONGER BETAINTED BY BIASES OR STEREOTYPES.
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  Fred Wilson Cultural representationof ethnic minorities in museums Born to African American and Native American parents “Mining the Museum” – Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD Indianapolis Public Art Project -Video
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  David Bailey –Threeelements of a Stereotype The stereotyping of African Americans Fragmentation – defines the whole group by one small aspect Objectification – places the group outside what is considered normal Name Substitution – demeans the group entirely
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  POSTCOLONIALISM
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  POSTCOLONIAL CRITICS INVESTIGATETHE CULTURALSITUATIONS OF PEOPLES OR NATIONSTHAT HAVE BEEN OR ARE UNDER THE IMPERIALISTTERRITORIAL CONTROL OF A COLONIZING POWER Considers the effect of colonization and decolonization on the colonized and the colonizer.
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  Edward Said (1935-2003) Palestinian bornin Jerusalem Orientalism 1978 • How are colonized cultures represented? • What is the power of such representations in controlling cultures? • What is the discourse by which colonizers and the colonized construct their subject positions? Disney and Orientalism -Video