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Perspective voyage · 1934

Dewey — A consummated experience, not merely a museum object

Can cooking, making, or moving become art when an ordinary activity gains tension and consummation?

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Why does art matter, and what makes a work valuable?

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Dewey criticizes the ‘museum conception’ that isolates art objects from the conditions and rhythms of ordinary experience.

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  • Dewey's Aesthetics

    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Locator: §1.1 The Museum Conception of Art

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