{"id":118,"date":"2011-07-08T13:12:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T13:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielbar.ch\/inktree\/?p=118"},"modified":"2013-10-26T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T16:14:00","slug":"again-the-metaphor-problem-and-other-engaged-critical-discourses-about-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"Again the Metaphor Problem and Other Engaged Critical Discourses about Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inktree.ch.amphora.sui-inter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/metaphorproblem2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[118]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-284\" title=\"metaphorproblem\" src=\"http:\/\/inktree.ch.amphora.sui-inter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/metaphorproblem11-330x470.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/metaphorproblem11-330x470.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/metaphorproblem11-108x155.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/metaphorproblem11-189x270.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/metaphorproblem11-280x400.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/metaphorproblem11.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a>The two American artists, John Baldessari and Lawrence Weiner, have been friends ever since the beginning of their careers in the 1960s. Here, they get together with the British artist Liam Gillick in New York for a discussion that is moderated by Beatrix Ruf, Director of the Kunsthalle Z\u00fcrich. The use of the metaphor has from time immemorial been a central process of art, and it represents an important problem for all three artists here, who work with language, film and installations. Their exciting and passionate discussion leads to a new perception of the methaphor and the function of art and architecture, of the role and interests of artists and imparters of art. A discussion about the world of art and art in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-architecture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Again the Metaphor Problem and Other Engaged Critical Discourses about Art - INK TREE EDITIONS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/?p=118\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Again the Metaphor Problem and Other Engaged Critical Discourses about Art - INK TREE EDITIONS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/?p=118\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"INK TREE EDITIONS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-07-08T13:12:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-10-26T16:14:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/metaphorproblem11.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"513\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ink Tree Editions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/inktree-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/inktree-logo.png\",\"width\":320,\"height\":117,\"caption\":\"Ink Tree Editions\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inktree.ch\/\",\"name\":\"INK TREE EDITIONS\",\"description\":\"Art &amp; 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