Nov
18
“If we consider the [art] works in their untouched actuality and do not deceive ourselves, the result is that the works are as naturally present as are things. The picture hangs on the wall like a rifle or a hat. A painting, e.g. the one by Van Gogh that represents a pair of peasant shoes, travels from one exhibition to another. Works of art are shipped like coal from the Ruhr and logs from the Black Forest.”
Heidegger, “The Origin of the Work of Art.” Poetry, Language, Thought, Harper & Row, 1975.
