Thinking contemporary art and society: the reception of Benjamin´s concept of aura in Bourriaud and Michaud
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Universidad Industrial de Santander
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El artículo se propone pensar la cuestión del arte en la actualidad y su relación con lo político tomando como hilo conductor el concepto benjaminiano de aura y, en particular, sus reinterpretaciones contemporáneas en las obras de Nicolas Bourriaud e Yves Michaud, dos exponentes de la reflexión estética francesa contemporánea. En primer lugar, se sintetizan y se comparan los textos de ambos autores, y luego se revisita el famoso ensayo de Benjamin "La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica".
This paper examines the question of art today and its link to politics, taking as a connecting thread Walter Benjamin´s concept of aura and, in particular, its contemporary reinterpretations in the works of Nicolas Bourriaud and Yves Michaud, two exponents of contemporary French aesthetics. Firstly, the works of these two authors are summarized and compared, and secondly Benjamin´s famous essay "The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction" is revisited.
This paper examines the question of art today and its link to politics, taking as a connecting thread Walter Benjamin´s concept of aura and, in particular, its contemporary reinterpretations in the works of Nicolas Bourriaud and Yves Michaud, two exponents of contemporary French aesthetics. Firstly, the works of these two authors are summarized and compared, and secondly Benjamin´s famous essay "The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction" is revisited.
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arte, aura, política, W. Benjamin, N. Bourriaud, Y. Michaud, art, aura, politis, W. Benjamin, N. Bourriaud, Y. Michaud