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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

disillusionment in art and the state of the world

Does the highlighted sentence mean:

1. artists's disillusionment originates from art and the world around

or

2. artists reflect in their artworks and the world around their disillusionment

Context:

In keeping with Duchamp’s bold statement, contemporary artists continue to exert their sense of disillusionment in art and the state of the world in a way that defies defeat, exalts resistance, and comes to terms with cynicism, nihilism, alienation and meaninglessness in contemporary life.
  

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It's not a very clear sentence as it stands, although context might make it clearer. Verbal reasoning would suggest 1 although that may be not what was intended. d

  • It's not a very clear sentence as it stands, although context might make it clearer.
  • Verbal reasoning would suggest 1 although that may be not what was intended.
  • d
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It's not a very clear sentence as it stands, although context might make it clearer.
Verbal reasoning would suggest 1 although that may be not what was intended.
d

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