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Art and Objecthood by Michael Fried
A copy of my precis, as per James’s request. Fried proposes in this essay that literalist (minimalist) sculpture, by espousing its own objecthood, is kind of theatre. He claims that a major goal of modernist work was to defeat its … Continue reading
Objecthood
Objecthood This page from the University of Chicago website provides a helpful definition of objecthood. I found it useful for understanding Fried’s Art and Objecthood.
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