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Does the highlighted sentence mean "the art world that pretends not to seek any kind of interests but is actually governed by private interests"? Does "in the last instance" mean "actually"?
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This was a deliberately confrontational work, which did nothing less than insult the sponsors of the exhibition, Absolut Vodka. The piece took the form of a street advertising stand, inside of which was a poster image of diseased liver-cells accompanied by the strap-line ‘Absolute cirrhosis of the liver’. As an anti-establishment gesture, it seems that Kaye’s piece was too close to the bone for the curators of the Los Angeles Biannual who demanded its immediate removal. Kaye’s interventionist gesture exposed the hypocrisies of a world that pretends disinterest but is in the last instance governed by private interest.
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catttt Does the highlighted sentence mean "the art world that pretends not to seek any kind of interests but is actually governed by private interests"? "Disinterest/interest" is a bit of a play on words. "Disinterest" means impartiality, unconcern.
- catttt Does the highlighted sentence mean "the art world that pretends not to seek any kind of interests but is actually governed by private interests"?
- "Disinterest/interest" is a bit of a play on words.
- "Disinterest" means impartiality, unconcern.
- "Private interest" is pretty much the opposite, a vested stake.
- catttt Does "in the last instance" mean "actually"?
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cattttDoes the highlighted sentence mean "the art world that pretends not to seek any kind of interests but is actually governed by private interests"?
"Disinterest/interest" is a bit of a play on words. "Disinterest" means impartiality, unconcern. "Private interest" is pretty much the opposite, a vested stake.
cattttDoes "in the
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