Topic > Professor Victor Magolin's reflections on art and...

The artists who design Professor Victor Magolin mentions in his essay all address art, sustainability and culture. They reflect culture because the people who create them are either creating for a certain social problem or come from a social context that inspired them to address the environment. Any art that addresses the environment (one that doesn't negatively impact the ecosystem, of course) helps create a sustainable culture because it at least opens up a dialogue about the environment. “The prevailing division between art and design practice is one of the major obstacles to the holistic vision of a new sustainable culture and remains a challenge not only for museums, but also for artists and professionals,” begins Margolin to argue against the old categories and in favor of new categories. . Although he concludes that there are risks in categorizing the various artistic practices that promote sustainable cultures, he still proposes new categories, just much less