Unruly Visual Art as a Source for Liberal Humanist Resilience

IF 0.4 0 PHILOSOPHY Secular Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-29 DOI:10.1163/25892525-bja10026
W. Elias
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Visual art does not judge. That was the method advocated by the school of the skeptics of Pyrrho. Since everything was considered doubtful, they did not want to pass judgment on anything, with a view to achieving “ataraxia,” or the peace of mind. Nowadays “stress-resistant” people would say this means that resilience is thrown out of the window. Artwork is open, stated Umberto Eco. All serious interpretations are therefore possible. Contradiction, or at least ambiguity, is an important aspect of art. That is precisely what makes it such an interesting source of resilience. I will take as a case study the discussion that took place in the recent past about sudden unsolicited, inappropriate images painted on walls in Brussels. The artwork by Bonom, Vincent Glowinski, was not part of an urban beautification plan, but raucous protests against the absurd decisions of power and against the hypocrisy of our society.
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不羁的视觉艺术是自由人文主义弹性的源泉
视觉艺术并不评判。这就是皮洛怀疑学派所提倡的方法。由于一切都被认为是可疑的,他们不想对任何事情做出判断,以期达到“精神错乱”,或心灵的平静。如今,“抗压力”的人会说,这意味着韧性被扔出了窗外。艺术品是开放的,翁贝托·艾柯说。因此,所有严肃的解释都是可能的。矛盾,或者至少是模棱两可,是艺术的一个重要方面。正因为如此,它才成为如此有趣的弹性来源。我将以最近发生的关于布鲁塞尔墙上突然出现的未经请求的、不恰当的图像的讨论为例进行研究。博纳姆(Bonom)的作品文森特·格洛温斯基(Vincent Glowinski)不是城市美化计划的一部分,而是对荒谬的权力决定和我们社会的虚伪的强烈抗议。
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