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The Failure and Future of Art

November 24, 2017 Larry Barnett
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Kurt challenges the "art establishment" again in this essay published in May, 1967 in the pages of Art International magazine. As was his custom, he swings around to various topics in order to make his point; "...the various factions of the world of so-called Art have been committing suicide over the last few years, without needing much encouragement from the avant-garde." He touches on Flower Power, marijuana, and predicts the creation of the World Wide Web, what he calls "an instantaneous communications network." Never shy about the truth, Kurt states: "...in a highly structured commercial economy the word "free" becomes one of the most suspect and revolutionary threats to be given aesthetic statement."

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In Art Criticism, Art Int'l Mag.
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