The best argument against conceptual art is that a concept or an idea is a inguistic construct. This is fact, not oppinnion. If an idea is a linguistic construct then the best way to express this is through a piece of writing. An artwork can only act as a milestone on the thought journey.
Today I read Anthony Gormleys quote about his new White Cube gallery show, 'We are minds enclosed in bodies enclosed in architecture', This thinking was blown away back in the 1940s 50s like the flat earth theory. The mind and body are one thing not two. Descartesa myth of the host in the machimne, the discredited view that is still entenched in language had it that he computer of the brain controlledthe robotr of the body. Yoga iscredited this years back, Gilbert Ryles 'Concept of Mind' blew it away in philosophy in his masterwork. Candacxe Pert, neuroscientist finally even nailewd the mechanichs of it in her book, 'Molecules of Emotion'.
To hear a well respected artist spouting this tripe is embarrassing. How can anyone take Gormley seriously after this? I have nothing against him pursuing his journey but please no public funding for this retard whose ideas are very dangerous for thought on all levels.
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