Is it art?(video artist Bill Viola)

National Review | May 4, 1998| | Copyright

Mr. Gardner is NR's art critic.

RECENTLY I was discussing the Whitney's Bill Viola retrospective with a member of the museum's staff, the sort of earnest young art-world type whose professional credentials consist most conspicuously in her wearing only black. She astonished me, however, by asking in complete earnest whether I thought the work on display was indeed art. I was surprised because I did not imagine that such innocent questions were still being asked in the circles in which she moved. Especially since the institution that employs her has played host of late to Sue ...

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