Artistic, Artworld, and Aesthetic Disobedience

Abstract

Jonathan Neufeld proposes a concept of aesthetic disobedience that parallels the political concept of civil disobedience articulated by John Rawls in A Theory of Justice. The artistic transgressions he calls aesthetic disobedience are distinctive in being public and deliberative in their aim to bring about specific changes in accepted artworld norms. We argue that Neufeld has offered us valuable insight into the dynamic and potent nature of art and the artworld; however, we contend that Neufeld errs by constraining aesthetic disobedience to the artworld. Through a reconsideration of the parallel between aesthetic and civil disobedience, we illustrate how aesthetic disobedience is more accurately conceived of in terms of two kinds of acts: artistic and artworld. In addition to artistic disobedience and artworld disobedience, we add a broader and more diverse sort of transgressive aesthetic disobedience. Our aim is to articulate how Neufeld’s account of a kind of disobedience in the artworld that parallels civil disobedience can prove even more generative.

Fasad Timpanum Bangsal Tosan Mangkunegaran Menepis Spekulasi Apropriasi Religi

“…Berdasarkan spekulasi itulah penelitian ini juga berusaha menyajikan penjelasan klarifikatif apakah fasad Mangkunegaran apropriasi atau bukan. Pertimbangan lain perlu dikemukakan di sini kaitannya dengan penampilan gaya artistik yang berbeda atau tidak lazim pada masanya, bahwa ia tidak selalu harus dimaknai sebagai pembangkangan estetik, sebaliknya hal ini dapat dilihat sebagai seni yang hidup dan dinamis (Burgos, Adam dan Lintott 2023).…”