[New Series] Art History Without a Name: Art of the Last 10 Years and 100 Years #0. The "Weak but Good Place" Where Criticism and Expression Intersect (Text: Rintaro Fuse)
This series examines the last decade of art through the lens of "absence of name," clarifying the attitude of criticism.Summary
The purpose of this critical series is to summarize what has happened in art over the last ten years from the perspective of the "absence of a name," historicalizing the period from the 1920s to the 2020s. This inaugural article (#0) organizes the critical stance that forms the basis for the writing, reviewing predecessors like Yusuke Nakahara and Noe Sawaragi, and reconstructing their discourse through expressions and criticism found on social media in the 2010s. The author posits that art is a concrete system involving production, presentation, and appreciation, not just an ideology. Instead of questioning the institutional origins of art, the series will focus on the operating environment (platform)—the infrastructure supporting contemporary artists' production, presentation, and appreciation—to reconstruct art history by tracing the evolution of its design philosophy and influence. The focus will be on the technology and ideology underpinning all contemporary expression, starting with "cybernetics" as a key reference point.
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)