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SAATCHI, SENSATION, AND WHY CONTEMPORAR Y ART SHOULD NOT BE CONCEDED TO THE LEFT
Author(s) -
Smedley Bunny
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0270.00352
Subject(s) - exhibition , collectivism , sensation , aesthetics , psychology , art , political science , law , visual arts , cognitive psychology , individualism
Commentators from the ‘Right’ have contributed little to ‘is‐it‐art’ discussions. The Saatchi Sensation exhibition of 1997 offers the opportunity to explain what contribution anti‐socialist, anti‐collectivist writers might make. In particular, they should be honest in their response to contemporary art rather than treating it as a no‐go area.