Abstract
With this paper, we intend to analyze and to discuss the change of paradigm spiritual artistic creation publically displayed undertook, after the impact of modernity and the drift of postmodernity. In order to do so, our argument develops the steinerien thesis of the incompatibility between naturalism and spirituality in art, which can be expressed as follows: if spirituality is the prerequisite for all genuine art, and if this prompts a non-naturalistic aesthetics, then the non-naturalist 20th century art should hold a spiritual dimension, if not stand for some instances of sacredness. Based on this premise, our reflection focus the problem of recognizing spirituality in modern and contemporary art, questions the sense of the non-naturalistic character of 20th century art, and deals with Joseph Beuys’ “social sculpture” ideario as a new paradigm of the quest for sacredness by means of artistic intervention, under the concept of “implicit religion”, proposed by Edward Bailey and developed by the Centre for the Study of Implicit Religion and Contemporary Spirituality (CSIRCS). Finally, it’s pertinent to ask: under the new paradigm, will artistic creation be able to pursuit a quest for sacredness outside any religious doctrine? And if so, can Van Gogh’s visionary painting be seen as a modern instance for an acheiropoietos art, as it happened during the Byzantine Empire? How can nowadays be represented the triangle whose bottom rests on man, and whose top rises to the absolute, as Kandinsky put it in “Concerning The Spiritual in Art”?
Original language | Portuguese |
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Title of host publication | Arte pública na era da criatividade digital |
Subtitle of host publication | atas do colóquio internacional 2017 |
Editors | José Guilherme Abreu, Laura Castro |
Place of Publication | Porto |
Publisher | Universidade Católica Editora - Porto |
Pages | 122-148 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Volume | 1-2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789898835383 |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2017 |
Event | Colóquio Internacional Arte Pública na Era da Criatividade Digital - Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal Duration: 27 Apr 2017 → 28 Apr 2017 |
Conference
Conference | Colóquio Internacional Arte Pública na Era da Criatividade Digital |
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Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Porto |
Period | 27/04/17 → 28/04/17 |
Keywords
- Public art
- Contemporary art
- Sacredness
- Implicit religion