图像的力量:艺术家、哲学家和理论家的作用

The Power of Images:The Role of Artists,Philosophers,and Theorists

在欧洲艺术史上,图像的生产者和解释者都是艺术生产作坊中的工匠,以及通过各种权力发表意见的哲学家和观众们。忽视这段历史,忽视工匠及其传统在图像力量中的作用,显然是一种非历史的态度。声誉显赫的艺术理论家和批评家的出现,是非常晚近的事情。斗转星移,理论家和批评家已然将阐释图像力量的权力变成了一种特权,尽管他们并不从事艺术和图像的生产活动,却能够在资本和体制权力推动下影响艺术和图像的生产活动。当今天的艺术理论和批评再也不关注艺术家的生产活动,理论家和批评家甚至也可以不具备最基本的艺术生产的技术和技巧知识,那么,艺术理论和批评阐释的有效性如何得以建立,是一个需要引起我们重视的问题。

In the history of European art,the production and interpretation of images have been the work both of artisans in art workshops and of philosophers and viewers who have expressed their opinions through various powers.Ignoring this history and the role of artisans and artisanal traditions in the power of images is clearly an ahistorical attitude.The emergence of prominent art theorists and critics is a recent phenomenon.Over time,theorists and critics have turned their power of interpreting images into a privilege.Although they are not engaged in the production of art and images,they can influence the production of art and images through the impact of capital and institutional power.As today's art theory and criticism no longer pay attention to the production activities of artists,theorists and critics may possess barely any of the most basic techniques and knowledge of art production.In this regard,establishing the validity of art theory and critical interpretation is a question worthy of consideration.