> photographer "Photography couldn’t qualify as an art in its own right, the explanation went, because it lacked “something beyond mere mechanism at the bottom

> photographer "Photography couldn’t qualify as an art in its own right, the explanation went, because it lacked “something beyond mere mechanism at the bottom of it." -- The Crayon, one of the oldest art magazines. It turns out humans have been devaluing the newer ways to create art since forever. > you might as well place a grey rectangle There are so many literally {color} rectangles hanging in contemporary art museums. Here is a grey one: https://zandergalerie.com/exhibitions/la-couleur-du-renoncement-d2151711/?tab=e-n-tab-title-825325321 https://zandergalerie.com/exhibitions/la-couleur-du-renoncem...