But what would a non-realistic art or art practice be? Unless the word is 
used in the sense of - something that can't be carried out - i.e. it's 
unrealistic to create an artwork from a single quark visible from outer 
space and colored blue?

- Alan

On Wed, 13 Oct 2010, Rob Myers wrote:

> On 10/13/2010 04:22 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote:
>>
>> I think in the usual sense of the word, authenticity is more than
>> problematic - it's suspect.
>
> How about "realistic"?
>
> Realistic artistic practice (process), realistic art (product).
>
> Realism is the absence of sentiment. It's a kind of efficiency (to
> ironise a neoliberal shibboleth ;-) ).
>
> Producing something realistic in the unreality of neoliberalism (it's
> markets all the way down...) can be approached in various ways.
>
> The successful results will be authentic in a non-suspect sense by
> virtue of their realism. Which I would make less tautological if I had
> more time. ;-)
>
> - Rob.
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