I found this article kindof hard to read at certain parts so I will try to do my best to write a decent blog.
I thought that the article was interesting, or the parts that I understood were interesting. A quote that stood out to me and that I agree with very much is in the article The Lightness of Theory stated, "It was as though theory had become too heavy- top-heavy with its own self-importance - having lost the will or the ability to look with fresh eyes for what was real or singular or creative of new movement and possibilities (Rajchman, p. 389). It was as though if a painting did not fit into a category, it was the end of the world. It was like they thought that thought itself could not develop any further than it already had. This to me is crazy. The world changes and revolves and so does our thought process. If we did'nt change, then the world would never become a better place, it would just be boring and stagnant.
Another quote that stood out to me in the article titled, The Lightness of Theory, in the Experiment section that states, "Too long have we been content to live off theory that has already been made elsewhere by others, adopting its enunciatory positions, assuming the roles in its drama, rather than creating new ones for ourselves" (Rajchman p. 393). I agree with this quote because we do need to make light of theory and start over. Do we believe that there is no room for other theories or other ways of thinking? Is there no more room for intelligent thought that challenges the way that we thought previously? I can't stand really the dramatized thought process of some art theorists who think in this way. The world did not stop several years ago, neither did our minds.
Rajchman, John. "The Lightness of Theory." Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985. Ed. Zoya Kocur and Simon Leung. Malden, MA: Blackwell publishing. 2005. pages 388-394. Print.
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This blog made me think about "The Lightness of Theory" and Post-modernism in a different way. It was a good point that our minds have not stopped working all of a sudden. Just because we have made much progression in the art world does not mean there is nothing left to do. Time does alter the way in which people think and theorize about everything, including art. As minds progress new art will surface. It is insulting to the human imagination to argue that originality is dead. Every culture seems to believe that they are the end of something or other. Perhaps we should get over ourselves and make something new.
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