Estética y Teoría de las Artes
Published
December 30, 2010
Keywords:
Image, showing, museum, exhibition, presence
How to Cite
Wiesing, L. (2010). La imagen mostrada. La cancelación de la imagen en el mundo del arte. Bajo Palabra, (5), 115–122. https://doi.org/10.15366/bp2010.5.010
Copyright (c) 2010 L. Wiesing
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Abstract
Museums and pictures have one thing in common: Both show something! And a special situation arises in that museums can show pictures. This leads to showing something which itself is showing something. This special situation leads to what amounts to a “sublation” (Aufhebung) of the picture with the result that the museum becomes the only institutionalized location allowing and even asking the viewer to see the picture not as a real symbol, but instead as a possible one. The museum does not show pictures that show something, but instead pictures that could show something if they wouldn't be in a museum.
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