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1、2Mount.ac:blankG5copy7/2/0810:53AMPage1682Mount.ac:blankG5copy7/2/0810:53AMPage169NICKMOUNTTheReturnofBeautyYoufindoneonMadisonStreet,nearPike,beyondtheshadowoftheManhattanBridge.Ithoversonthewallofamakeshiftparkinglot,overexhaust,rust,oldtags.Itshouldn’tbehere,butthereitis–ahumm
2、ingbird.Life-sizeandlifelike,putinflightbytheoldpainter’stricksofshadowandlight.Youcouldhavethoughtitrealbutforitscolours,whichcomefromart,notnature–fromthegraffitibehindit,itsbackdropanditsancestor.Itscreatorsayshewantsthebirdtogivepause,andthat’sjustwhatitdoes.Givepause.Because
3、here,inanuglycornerofanuglycity,withinchokingdistanceofthewreckageofanuglyact,youhavefoundtheoppositeofugly.Here,beautyisback.N1917,MarcelDuchampboughtaurinalfromaNewYorkironworks,signedit“R.Mutt,”andentereditintheIexhibitionofNewYork’sSocietyofIndependentArtists.Andso,thestorygo
4、es,atoiletconqueredtheworld.In2004,apollof500artists,curators,critics,andartdealersnamedDuchamp’sFountainthemostinfluentialartobjectofthetwentiethcentury.Avant-gardeartistslikeDuchamprefusedtoproduceartfortheplea-sureofasocietytheyheldresponsiblefor,amongotherthings,WorldWarI.The
5、ywalkedawayfromadefinitionofartthathadruledtheWestforover2,000years:nomorebeautifulimitations.Artshouldbeaconcept,notacopy.Itshoulddisturb,notplease.Mostimportant,itshouldnotbebeautiful.TheAmericanpainterBarnettNewmansaiditclearest:“Theimpulseofmodernartwastodestroybeauty.”NICKMO
6、UNTteachesintheDepartmentofEnglishattheUniversityofToronto.HeistheauthorofWhenCanadianLiteratureMovedtoNewYork,winnerofthe2005GabrielleRoyPrize.DanWitz,MadisonnearPitt,NewYorkCity,2000.Queen’sQuarterly115/2(Summer2008)
7、1692Mount.ac:blankG5copy7/2/0810:53AMPage170That’swhyDuchamp
8、’surinalwastherightchoiceforthemostinfluentialartobjectofourtime.Thereareexceptions,butallitshouldtakeisawalkthroughanymajorartgallerytoconvinceyouthatfortwentieth-centuryart,beautyreallyisn’tthepoint.That’snottosaythatit’snotart,orthatit’snotgoodart.Infact,accordingtothephilosop
9、herArthurC.Danto,authorofthebestofsevera
