Carter Ratcliff

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Carter Ratcliff

Carter Ratcliff (born 1941 in

Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1996); and Andy Warhol: Portraits (Phaidon Press, 2007).[2] In 1976 he was an awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in fine arts research.[2] Ratcliff has contributed to numerous magazines including Art in America[3] and Parkett
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Ratcliff was the guest editor of the September 2013 issue of The Brooklyn Rail, in which he spearheaded the discussion, "What is Art?".[4] Ratcliff posits:

"artists’ intentions are at least partially unconscious. With the exception of those happy to settle into a rut, artists try to bring their intentions to light—to clarify and strengthen and, it may be, reinvent them. Coming up against another's incompatible intentions can speed the process. Awareness of who you are not can help you see who you are—or might become...."[4]

References

  1. ^ "www.bookish.com/authors/carter-ratcliff/8e931cdf-76cd-4b1c-8564-d758f754e45a". bookish.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  2. ^ a b c "Author - Carter Ratcliff". hyperallergic.com. 2019.
  3. . Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  4. ^ a b "What is Art—and Why Even Ask?". brooklynrail.org. September 1, 2013.