On Intentional Inscrutability and Finding Meaning in Art
Artists and collectors have realised there is a difference between object-hype created by influencers, and aesthetic experience that expands metaphor and meaning, but what will they do about it?
It’s become fashionable to denigrate the Bored Ape Yacht Club. While not holy, and not absolved from criticism, there’s a reason we should take notice for what they have done.
Like the sculpting of Egyptian Pharaohs, especially that of Amenothep, the sun-god-obsessed ruler immortalised at Karnac, the work done to create Bored Apes elevates a an idea int…
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