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James Macdonell: Safe Passage Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art
By ADAM FALIK April 1, 2025
The function is not how to make meaning, but how to examine it. For a while, artistic intent was all that was necessary. By virtue of being an artist, an object is transformed into art. Ok, we accept that, if the now-transformed object is freshly invigorated with meaning it previously did not contain. If we agree that there is such a thing as meaning, then the art object should possess it, and we, who seek an experience from the art object, should be able to read that meaning. Reasonable enough…