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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

pace somebody

1. Does "reaching out of art towards..." mean "art's reaching out towards..." meaning "that art reaches ..."?

2. What does"stomaching a reconstituted return to the gallery" mean?

3. Does "pace Bonami" mean "in contrast with Bonami's idea"?

Context:

The radical move out of the museum, meant literally to some degree but also figuratively as a ‘reaching out’ of art generally towards incorporating both participation and the everyday – and so, capable of stomaching a ‘reconstituted return’ to the gallery (pace Bonami) – leads
us to ....
  

Top answer

1. Yes. 2.

  • 1.
  • Yes.
  • 2.
  • A "reconstituted return" appears to mean a return in a new form.
  • "stomaching" means "tolerating", "bearing".
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1. Yes.

2. A "reconstituted return" appears to mean a return in a new form. "stomaching" means "tolerating", "bearing".

3. Broadly yes, but to understand this reference properly, one needs to know who Bonami is and what he has done or said that is relevant to the matter being discussed.

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