In 1889, author Oscar Wilde penned in The Decay of Lying that life imitates art. “The self-conscious aim of life is to find expression,” he wrote, “and art offers (life) certain beautiful forms through which it may realise that energy.” According to Wilde, what we find in nature and in life isn’t really there, and that what we do find is what artists have taught people to find there, through art. So does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? And under this questioning, does…
The artworks that predicted the future of the world
By Lexi Manatakis (info@dazedgroup.com)
May 1, 2018 at 04:37AM
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