Art beyond context

Augusto Santos Silva

Singularity :
The intrinsic individuality of the work of art
Creativity
Textuality:
The artistic substance (content and form) of the work
of art
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The work of art as a representation of
society and discourse on the world:
The social world,
The art world,
The work of art (as a social fact and as a social
factor)
Is something missing?
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Coming back to Adorno:
Art is itself social,
Art is itself a totality,
Art is the one that acts as mediator.
Logical consequence: the focus on context
devaluates the crucial instance of text.
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So:
We cannot bypass value and meaning
For which we need interpretation
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Art within and beyond context
Art is also beyond context:
(i) The text constitutes itself a context
(ii) The text is a means to understand the
context
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So, we need a double dialogue
A Bakhtinian dialogue
(i) between sociology and art studies and criticism
(ii) between (i) and art
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Underground music as a case for dialogue
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Art is
to say the common with singularity (Vieira)
the proof that life, left alone, would no be
enough (Pessoa).
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