Jewelry as “art object”
In Art and Agency Alfred Gell formulates an anthropological theory of visual art that focuses on the social context of art production, circulation, and reception. As a theory of the nexus of social relations involving works of art, this work suggests that in certain contexts, art-objects substitute for persons and thus mediate social agency. According to Gell, an art object is a physical object that is considered to fulfill or have fulfilled an independent and primarily aesthetic function. An art object is often seen in the context of a larger work of art, oeuvre, genre, culture, or convention. An “art object” essence projected from these earrings which I had been searching for quite some time.
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An earring by designer Lady J. of J. Jewels Collection
