If art imitates society then the contemporary art world might be getting emotional. From science to health to politics, the western world is making its way to the proverbial heart of things.
Neurological research is investigating the structure of emotion. The self-help and healing culture keeps reinforcing that mind-body connection; the post-September 11th landscape is often called a “culture of fear.”
Since the 1960s, artistic movements have sneered at all that was emotional — creating art which was described in more literal, detached terms: “what you see is what you see.” But a new exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, is re-framing emotion as a legitimate subject for the camera and the canvas.
Guests:
Nicholas Baume, Chief Curator of the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston, MA and curator of the forthcoming exhibit, “Getting Emotional”
Christian Jankowski, contemporary artist based in Manhattan