On Oct 11, 2008, at 9:03 PM, William Conger wrote:
Picasso made amazing pornographic art and he proved that the more art it is the less porn it is.
This is the condition of explicitly politicized or "issue" art. Eventually, the frisson of the purpose wears off or wears thin or tiresome, and we're left with the picture without the political rallying spirit or tumescent circulation.
This effect underlines the nature or condition of representation, namely, that we can apprehend the representation (political play or pornographic picture) separately from the cause of excitement. Actually, I'll hedge a little on the porn part, because it appeals directly to a particularly strong innate appetite, one that is easily encouraged through sight. Consider as a counter-example the almost complete absence of salacious stimulation from pictures of food.
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