Hans-Georg Gadamer on Modern Art and Distance

„It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art. There is no doubt that the leaders of the creative artists of the last 50 years concentrated their efforts mainly on eliminating that distance.“

Hans-Georg GadamerHans-Georg Gadamer on modern art and its effort to abolish the distance between the artwork, viewer, and audience.
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Hans-Georg Gadamer was a German philosopher known for his work in philosophical hermeneutics.

Hans-Georg Gadamer describes modern art as an effort to abolish the distance between the work of art and its audience.


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Hans-Georg Gadamer quote about modern art and eliminating the distance between the viewer and a work of art

Hans-Georg Gadamer was a German philosopher internationally recognized for his work "Truth and Method," which is foundational for philosophical hermeneutics. He focused on the theory of understanding and text interpretation, as well as the role of tradition and language.

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