“By exposing the multiplicity, the facticity, the repetition and stereotype at the heart of every aesthetic gesture, photography deconstructs the possibility of differentiating between the original and the copy. [Photography calls] into question the whole concept of the uniqueness of the art object, the originality of the author, the coherence of the oeuvre within which it was made, and the individuality of so-called self-expression.” HeartArtMadeSelfWholePossibilityObjectsExpressionPhotographyConceptsOriginalsIndividualityCopiesAestheticOriginalityGesturesUniquenessStereotypeRepetitionSelf ExpressionExposingMultiplicityCoherence Author:Rosalind E. Krauss
“Every photograph is the result of a physical imprint transferred by light reflections onto a sensitive surface. The photograph is thus a type of icon, or visual likeness, which bears an indexical relationship to its object.” LightResultsObjectsTypeBearsReflectionPhotographSurfaceSensitiveVisualsIcons Book:The Originality of the Avant-garde and Other Modernist Myths Source: The Originality of the Avant-garde and Other Modernist Myths
