Privileging a dimension
Tonight my Canadian art history class had a guest lecture on Inuit art from Sheila Butler, who has taught print-making in Baker Lake.
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Why do we organize the study of art by national boundaries?
Why do we organize the study of art by national boundaries, as in my Canadian Art History course? Today, art is easily shared around the world. An artist is influenced by personal, practical, political and temporal factors, as well as geographical. Let us recognize great works of art, no matter where they come from.