
AESTHETICS ASIDE #8: The development of contemporary viewing practices, a guide for sceptics
15 September 2014 • Staff
For centuries, Western art traditions have been centred on creating tangible and physical objects such as paintings, architecture and sculpture. Viewing art therefore, has been about seeing and looking. In contemporary art today, often something non-tangible must be accepted, even momentarily, to allow the artist to make their intended impression.