The Road to the Documenta is Paved with Good Intentions

m Documents The n Road to . / s < £ ood avea . w 1 th Intentions Galia Bar Or The road to Documenta 11 in Kassel was paved with good intentions , but the picture of the world assembled by its curators was remarkably reminiscent of the worldview disseminated by the Bush administration . In this respect , more than an affirmation of the world , the Documenta echoed the lesson of the previous century . It is a pity that the Documenta curators missed that lesson , or perhaps hurried to forget it . The faces of "left" and " right" are all too similar precisely in the great moments of the battle of good against evil , when dogmatism dissolves humor , and universal justice wipes out the private register . Thus , for example , both sides share a consistent rejection of avant-garde alongside an allembracing adoption of a narratal , sweeping language that is comprehensible to all . Those who believe that avant-garde is the product of a degenerated West , those who do not promote exploration of t...  אל הספר
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