“The visual is sorely undervalued in modern scholarship. Art history has attained only a f
“The visual is sorely undervalued in modern scholarship. Art history has attained only a fraction of the conceptual sophistication of literary criticism. Drunk with self-love, criticism has hugely overestimated the centrality of language to western culture. It has failed to see the electrifying sign language of images.” –Camille Paglia Carsten Nicolai // Unidisplay (2012) Musée d'Art Contemporain Montréal, Canada (photo by richard-max tremblay)image courtesy of museum für moderne kunst, frankfurt am main -- source link
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