"Against Interpretation"

Against Interpretation is an essay by Susan Sontag that criticizes the prevailing emphasis on interpreting and analyzing works of art, arguing for a focus on experiencing and appreciating art for its own sake.

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Against Interpretation: And Other Essays

Susan Sontag

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On Photography

Susan Sontag

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On Photography (Penguin Modern Classics)

Susan Sontag

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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

This document explores the effects of mechanical reproduction on art, discussing the change in perception, the relationship between mass and art, and the influence of technology and politics.

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Art constitutively thwarts immediacy, urgency, and utility; its most direct use rests in this indirection—but today’s immediatist art aspires to void itself, and theory has been following in its wake.