February 17, 2011

#2,800

I am not so dumb as to deny the indisputable successes of modern art; but when I look at modern art in itself, just as when I look at Egyptian or Chinese art, I feel like I am looking at exotic art.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 449

3 comments:

  1. The original Spanish is:

    No cometo la torpeza de negar los indiscutibles éxitos del arte moderno; pero ante el arte moderno en sí, como ante el arte egipcio o chino, me siento ante un arte exótico.

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  2. This translation is fairly free, but hopefully still faithful.

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  3. Perhaps "exotic" is meant in the sense of alien.

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