It was Warhol who awoke me from mine (dogmatic slumber), and made plain to me that the philosophy of art must move on. (…) In my view, Brillo Box not only made the philosophy of art at last thinkable, it brought an end to a period in which art could be made in ignorance of its philosophical nature. Arthur Danto sulle Brillo Boxes, Artforum, Sept. 1993

It was Warhol who awoke me from mine (dogmatic slumber), and made plain to me that the philosophy of art must move on.

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In my view, Brillo Box not only made the philosophy of art at last thinkable, it brought an end to a period in which art could be made in ignorance of its philosophical nature.

Arthur Danto sulle Brillo Boxes, Artforum, Sept. 1993

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