THE INSTITUTIONAL THEORY OF ART
As mentioned earlier, the Institutional Theory of Art suggests that art can be what the artist and the art world say it is. Typical examples would include Marcel Duchamp’s (1887–1968) Fountain, 1917, or Tracey Emin’s (b. 1963) My Bed, 1999. Although the most flexible and accommodating of the art theories so far outlined, it runs
the risk of overlooking the very specificities and attributes of art (whatever they might be), which makes it such an important and differentiated human activity. Besides, upon what criteria does the art world make its selection of those objects designated as art? This theory is discussed further in Chapter 7.
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