Practice question · Multiple choice
Why does O'Doherty argue that the white cube is not the neutral container it presents itself as?
Hints
- Ask what the white walls and absent windows actually do.
- Removing context is an action, not an absence.
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A. It is a specific set of conditions that removes context and asserts that what is inside is art
Why
Because removing context is an action. White walls, no windows and even light isolate each object, strip its relations to anything outside, and assert that what is inside is art and to be contemplated. Neutrality is the claim the room makes, not a property it has.
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