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Art, Education, And The Bomb: Reflections On An International Children’S Peace Mural Project, Tom Anderson
Art, Education, And The Bomb: Reflections On An International Children’S Peace Mural Project, Tom Anderson
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
As a community muralist (T. Anderson, 1985) and contextualist I believe that the purpose of art is communication from one human being to another about things that count (R. Anderson, 1990; Dissanayake, 1988; Lippard, 1990). This does not mean that we disregard the aesthetic component—the “wonder”—in an artwork. Rather, it implies that the aesthetic serves an extrinsic function beyond its supposed raison d’être. That function, which is usually both prosaic and symbolic, is to serve as a marker that in some way defines the people who make, use, and view artworks or aesthetically framed objects (R. Anderson, 1990). Art is …