V6Ga t1_j80hqqc wrote
Reply to comment by Sololololololol in TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
> even most abstract artists approach their work with very specific political and social and ideological angles to their work even if it doesn’t seem like it.
Death of the author does not even slightly imply that the author has no agency or purpose. It just means that the author's agency or purpose is not primary or important to anyone but they themselves.
Sololololololol t1_j80j375 wrote
Correct, but the part you quoted doesn’t have anything to do with death of the author, it’s just a more general statement about abstract art.
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