{"id":8670,"date":"2024-03-29T18:17:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/?post_type=magazine&#038;p=8670"},"modified":"2024-03-29T18:48:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:48:20","slug":"rachel-cusk-book-art-interview","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/rachel-cusk-book-art-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Cusk, the writer who deals with art"},"content":{"rendered":"There are many interchanges between writing and the visual arts. It is no coincidence that Rachel Cusk, a leading name in contemporary literature, starts <em>Lo stato dell\u2019arte<\/em>, the series of meetings organized in Venice by Palazzo Grassi \u2012 Punta della Dogana. The aim of the project is to invite the protagonists of the international culture scene to reflect on the current \u201cstate of the art\u201d by means of an unpublished text.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nCurated by Barbara Carnevali, Director of \u00e9tudes in Philosophy at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, the cycle of talks finds its synthesis in a dedicated series published by Marsilio Arte, in collaboration with Palazzo Grassi, which will bring together the full versions of the texts of each participant. We took the opportunity to ask Rachel Cusk a few questions.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>As an author, what is your definition of art?<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nI write in my essay that \u201cart is the pact of individuals denying society the last word\u201d. For me art is the onward thrust of the self against the eternal counter-force of communality and conformity.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>In your opinion, what role should art play in contemporary society?<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe only role of art really is to give reflection and solace to the individual, to echo the individual perception in the midst of its submersion in the social contract. That function seems as strong to me now as it ever has been.<br \/>\r\n<h2>RACHEL CUSK AND THE ART WORLD<\/h2><br \/>\r\n<strong>What contradictions, prejudices and challenges does the artist have to deal with today?<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nPerhaps the growing realisation that art is to a degree a function of privilege, and that certain realities and voices have been recognised while others have remained obscure \u2012 though the true artist should be able to offer a vision that is recognisable outside his or her own context. Nonetheless culture is as corruptible as anything else, and the sense that too much space and power are given to certain artists at the expense of others has generated problems for both sides.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>In your opinion, what are the points of contact and the differences between a visual artist and a writer?<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFor me this is an enormous subject. As I grow older, I feel more frustrated by the language medium. As a writer it is obviously very difficult to access silence and non-statement, and these seem to me to be the key qualities needed right now. There is a lack of unconsciousness and privacy in language \u2012 even though the contract between writer and reader is a contract of individuals \u2012 that makes writing seem a dangerous and pointless thing to do.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>Three adjectives you would use to describe the art of tomorrow.<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSublime, just, transparent.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>Interview by Arianna Testino<\/strong>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categorie_magazine":[343],"class_list":["post-8670","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","hentry","categorie_magazine-words-from-marte"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rachel Cusk, the writer who deals with art - Marsilio Arte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Writer Rachel Cusk starts &quot;Lo stato dell\u2019arte&quot;, the Venetian series of meetings created by Palazzo Grassi \u2012 Punta della Dogana\" \/>\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.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/rachel-cusk-book-art-interview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rachel Cusk, the writer who deals with art - 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