It pains us to see images of destruction, sectarian conflicts, monstrous prisons and violence emerging from a magnificent piece of land, a Yemeni land that one day was the source of civilizations, co-existence, art and culture for thousands of years.
But the existence of Art.
The other scientist-curators suggest similarly audacious explanations for the existence of art.
The museum includes genealogical records, the oldest stars-and-stripes flag in existence, an art collection containing stoneware and porcelain objects from local potteries, and paintings, including a number of works by Grandma Moses.
Nor is this shift in emphasis to be regretted; for the existence of art as a major human institution reminds us of the need for a theory that will attribute more to aesthetic experience than enjoyment and that will explain the profundity of the impressions that we receive from beauty impressions that may provide both meaning and solace to those who experience them.
In his review of "Breaking the Spell," Leon Wieseltier couldn't resist the reflexive accusation that building a worldview on a scientific base is reductive, and as is often the case, he trotted out the existence of art to capture our sympathies.
They wind up created primarily as award-season creations not really intended to even earn much box office or viewership, instead justifying their existence as art for its own sake.
With strains of Jean Genet and recurring themes that speak to the work of contemporary artists across a range of media, Guibert's Ghost Image is a beautifully written, melancholic ode to existence and art forms both fleeting and powerful a unique memoir at the nexus of family, memory, desire, and photography.
We love to judge people and do polls about their existence, their art and whether it flopped or didn't," she said.
In an interview with HuffPost, Jam continued: "Seeing a disabled trans black woman superimposing herself over a white man's painting, saying, 'I am here, I have worth, and my existence and art matters!' is so wildly radical and revolutionary".
