I draw a diagram of the notion of autonomous art, but not in clinical, neatly delineated manner. Instead, I depict ‘genius’ and the various enclosed spaces of canvas, frame, studio and gallery in messy, sketched terms. In this manner, I rely upon the language of individual sensibility in order to depict the latter’s limitations. A blatant contradiction, or perhaps an indication – and an acknowledgement – that there is no pure and uncompromised standpoint from which to mock the notion of autonomous art?
