Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern.

Louise Bourgeois

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Topic

Nature of art Self-awareness Self-discovery Self-knowledge Art

Speaker

Louise Bourgeois

Source

Bourgeois

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

20th century

Occupation

Artist

From

France Europe

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Citation

Kuspit, Donald Burton. Interviewed by Louise Bourgeois. 1988.

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Much of modern art is devoted to lowering the threshold of what is terrible. By getting us used to what, formerly, we could not bear to see or hear, because it was too shocking, painful, or embarrassing, art changes morals.

Susan Sontag

Freak Show

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Topic
Modern art Power of art Art

Author

Susan Sontag
Source
Freak Show The New York Review of Books
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Sontag, Susan. "Freak Show." The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 1973.