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                                                                                                                                                                    OF THE SCULPTURE  OBJECT   TO WHICH MUSIC IS   WHICH IS ABSTRACT WITH WARM COLOURS  IS
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                                 8     #-     ž 8    ).                                                                                                             2OMAN WORLD EXPRESSES ITS BASIC SPIRITUAL   FEELING   )N CONTRAST TO THIS  LET S SAY
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                                                                                                                                                                    CONDITION THROUGH SCULPTURE  #HRISTIANITY   SENSUAL SECTION  THERE IS WORD  THE WORLD
                                                                                                                                                                    LATER SHAPES ITS MEANING THROUGH PAINTING    OF ABSTRACT MEANING   )N COMMON USE  THE
                                                                                                                                                                    AND SECULAR SOCIETY EXPRESSES ITSELF THROUGH   WORD IS SOMETHING ENTIRELY CONCRETE  AND
                                                                                                                                                                    THE FORMS OF MUSIC AND THE NOVEL  THEN   CERTAINLY MORE THAN THE PLAY OF COLOURS
                                                                                                                                                                    THESE GENERAL ELEMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT   CAN EXPRESS   (OWEVER  IN THE SENTENCE
                                                                                                                                                                    OF ART   SCULPTURE  PAINTING  MUSIC AND NOVEL   CONTAINED WITHIN THE SQUARES OF #LARA
                                                                                                                                                                      IN CONCEPTUAL WORK FORM THE FOUNDATION   "LEIBTREU S INSTALLATION  MEANING AND ITS
                                                                                                                                                                    OF ONE POSSIBLE AWARENESS  ONE POSSIBLE   OPPOSITE ARE CONVEYED SIMULTANEOUSLY   !
                                                                                                                                                                    NEW ART  AS A SYNTHESIS OF THE PREVIOUS   CAREFUL OBSERVER WILL NOTICE THAT IN ONE PART
                                                                                                                                                                    TRADITIONS   )N THIS WAY  THE CONCEPT OR IDEA   OF THE SEQUENCE OF SQUARES  THE COLOURED
                                                                                                                                                                    IS CONVEYED THROUGH SOME KIND OF COLLECTIVE   SECTION GRADUALLY BECOMES LARGER THAN
                                                                                                                                                                    AWARENESS OF DOMINANT ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES   THE SECTION WITH WORDS  AND IN ANOTHER
                                                                                                                                                                    OF THE PAST  AND SO THE CONCEPTUAL WORK    PART IT CONTRACTS   (OWEVER  THAT IS JUST
                                                                                                                                                                    BECAUSE IT PREFERS SPIRITUALITY AND HISTORICITY   ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE   4HIS RELATIONSHIP
                                                                                                                                                                    TO THE SENSUALITY OF ART  IS MORE AN ARTISTIC   CAN BE EXPRESSED IN REVERSE  DEPENDING
                                                                                                                                                                    INSTRUMENT FOR UNDERSTANDING ITS OWN   ON THE CRITERIA FOR JUDGEMENT  COLOUR OR
                                                                                                                                                                    MEANINGS  THAN ART IN THE CLASSICAL SENSE OF   WORD   4HUS  THE PREFERENCE FOR GEOMETRICAL
                                                                                                                                                                    THE WORD                           SHAPES IN WHICH THIS CREATION OCCURS
                                                                                                                                                                     /…iÊܜÀ`ʜvÊ>LÃÌÀ>VÌʓi>˜ˆ˜}     NAMELY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLOUR
                                                                                                                                                                     3O  #LARA "LEIBTREU BOLDLY EXTENDS   AND WORD  CAN BE UNDERSTOOD PRECISELY
                                                                                                                                                                    THE CONCEPTUAL SENSE OF HER INSTALLATION   AS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RATIONAL
                                                                                                                                                                    BEYOND THE SPACE IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED BY   AND THE IMAGINATIVE  THE COGNITIVE AND THE
                                                                                                                                                                    CONNECTING IT TO THE RADIO   )N THIS WAY SHE   SENSITIVE   !ND SO  IF WE TRY TO SUM UP THE
                                                                                                                                                                    EXTENDS THE MEANING OF HER INSTALLATION   MEANING OF #LARA "LEIBTREU S INSTALLATION  IT
                                                                                                                                                                    BECAUSE  BY ARTIlCIALLY CASTING IT INTO THE   SEEMS TO ME THAT IT COULD SIMPLY BE PUT IN
                                                                                                                                                                    DEPERSONALISED  ABSTRACTION OF THE WORD   THIS WAY  IT IS A MODERN WORK OF ART WHICH
                                                                                                                                                                    SHAPED BY RADIO  SHE RADICALLY ESTABLISHES   IMPLIES THAT ART IS A FORM OF HUMAN THOUGHT
                                                                                                                                                                    SPIRITUALITY ITSELF AS A WORK OF ART   #LARA   /F COURSE  IT IS NOT THOUGHT UNDERSTOOD
                                                                                                                                                                    "LEIBTREU   IN WHAT SHOULD BE TAKEN AS   AS EMPTY INTELLECTUALISM  THAT IS TO SAY
                                                                                                                                                                    A SPIRITUAL POSITION OF GREAT SIGNIlCANCE   VERBALISM  BUT RATHER THOUGHT THAT REFUSES
                                                                                                                                                                      UNDERSTOOD THE ESSENCE OF AN INSTALLATION   TO BE WITHOUT CRITERIA  AND THAT PERCEIVES
                                                                                                                                                                    AS THE ESSENCE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN   ITSELF AS SPIRITUALITY UNDERTAKEN THROUGH THE
                                                                                                                                                                    SPEECH AND PERFORMANCE  THAT IS  BETWEEN   EXPANSION OF KNOWLEDGE  AS A HYPOTHESIS
                                                                                                                                                                    THINKING AND SENSUALITY   )N THAT WAY  THE   AS WELL AS A WORK IN ITSELF   /F COURSE  THAT
             HE EXPERIENCE OF MODERN ART SEEMS   CRITERIA HAVE ALWAYS RESTED ON THE ABILITY OF   INTERESTING IDEA WHICH lNDS ITS CONTENT   ALSO THE FORM WHICH IS LEAST UNDERSTOOD AND    ARTIST RECALLED THAT UNDERSTANDING AND   DOESN T MEAN THAT THOUGHT IS DEPRIVED
             TO BE  MORE THAN EVER IN HISTORY  AN   A WORK OF ART TO EXPRESS SOMETHING TIMELESS    IN THE EXPERIENCE OF CONCEPTUAL ART  AND   IF JUDGED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CLASSICAL   REDUCING A WORK OF ART TO PURE SENSATION    OF SENSUALITY   /N THE CONTRARY  THE PLAY
         4AMBIVALENT EXPERIENCE   )T IS THE   AND SO ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONSIDERED A   IS LED BY THE BELIEF THAT IT IS POSSIBLE AND   ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE  MOST OFTEN FACES RADICAL   THAT IS  TO A STATE OF SENSUAL PLEASURE OR   OF COLOURS PRESENTED SO WARMLY BY THIS
         EXPERIENCE OF AN ABSENCE OF ANY CLEAR AND   STATE OF SPIRITUALITY PAR EXCELLENCE   (OWEVER    FEASIBLE TO DO SOMETHING INCOMPATIBLE WITH   REJECTION       DISPLEASURE  DESTROYS ART AND DETRACTS FROM   INSTALLATION ALSO EXPRESSES THAT SENSUALITY
         RECOGNISABLE SPIRITUAL STATE OF THE TIMES    THIS SPIRITUALITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN REVEALED   CONVENTIONAL ART   3IMPLY PUT  IT IS ABOUT   (OWEVER  ONE SHOULD BEAR IN MIND   ITS COGNITIVE AND SPIRITUAL DIMENSION   4HUS    WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING  AND SO WITHOUT
         BUT ALSO THE AWARENESS THAT THE MEANING OF   THROUGH THE UNMEDIATED SENSUALITY OF THE   THE IDEA THAT WORDS  EXPRESSIONS  CAN   THAT CONCEPTUAL ART  AND AN INSTALLATION   FOR #LARA "LEIBTREU  THOUGHT AND SPIRITUALITY   THOUGHT  IS SOMETHING EMPTY AND RANDOM
         MODERNITY CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD THROUGH   WORK OF ART   )N CONTRAST  AS THE BASIS OF   SUCCESSFULLY REPLACE THE REAL PERCEPTION OF A   WHICH BEARS THE MARK OF THE CONCEPTUAL    PRECEDE AS WELL AS SHAPE THE WORK OF ART
         THE DIFFERENT AND COMPLEX TRADITIONS WHICH   ITS EXISTENCE  MODERN ART TAKES NOT ONLY   WORK OF ART  IN OTHER WORDS  THAT THE MEDIUM   EXPRESSES  IN THE FULL SENSE OF THE WORD  THE            4HAT IS WHY THE RADIO CAN ACT AS #LARA
         ENABLE THAT MODERNITY   4HUS  MODERN ART   SPIRITUALITY BUT ALSO SOMETHING WHICH IS   OF RADIO NOT ONLY CAN BE  BUT REALLY IS  AN   FRAGMENTED SENSIBILITY OF MODERN TIMES     4HE INSTALLATION IN QUESTION SPEAKS   "LEIBTREU S ARTISTIC FORM  BECAUSE THE
         REJECTS ANYONE WHO IS NOT SPIRITUALLY READY   GENERAL  ABSTRACT AND IMMEDIATELY ELUSIVE    ARTISTIC MEDIUM   4HE PROJECT OF CREATING   4O A GREAT EXTENT  THE CONCEPTUAL WORK   PREGNANTLY OF THIS   )T IS A SEQUENCE OF   MEDIUM OF WORD IS THE MEDIUM OF THOUGHT
         TO SEARCH FOR MEANING WITHIN ITS OWN HISTORY   AND CONSIDERS SENSUALITY A CONSEQUENCE OF   IMAGE OVER RADIO   AS WELL AS OFFERING AN   ENCOMPASSES WITHIN ITSELF THE HISTORICITY    SQUARES HORIZANTALLY AND VERTICALLY INSTALLED     ITSELF   "UT THAT IS SPOKEN WORD  ALWAYS
         AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE   UNDERSTANDING ITS MEANING   APPEALING CHALLENGE FOR THE AUDIENCE IN THEIR   THAT IS  THE SPIRITUALITY  OF THE PAST   )N THE   ! DIVIDING LINE WITHIN THE SQUARES CLEARLY   DRENCHED WITH A CERTAIN EMOTION  SENSUALITY
         DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN SPIRITUALITY   )N FACT    7œÀ`]Ê>À̈Ã̈Vʓi`ˆÕ“   FREE TIME   UNEQUIVOCALLY DEMONSTRATED          CONCEPTUAL WORK  ALMOST THE ENTIRE HISTORY   SEPARATES A COLOURED SECTION FROM A   AND THAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT FROM THE WRITTEN
         ONE MIGHT SAY THAT MODERN ART   UNLIKE   4HROUGH THIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE   THAT #LARA "LEIBTREU CONSIDERS SPIRITUALITY IN   OF ART IS ENCOMPASSED   4HIS CAN BE SEEN   SECTION IN WHICH WORDS ARE WRITTEN   !LL   WORD   )T COULD BE SAID THAT THE SPOKEN WORD
         THAT FROM PREVIOUS EPOCHS   PREFERS PRE   CHARACTER OF MODERN ART  THE PROJECT h4HE   ITSELF A WORK OF ART   4HUS  HER INSTALLATION IN   IN THE GENERAL SCHEME OF EACH CONCEPTUAL   THE WORDS WITHIN THE SQUARES LINK TO FORM   IS THE SAME AS THE INSTALLATION  THOUGHT
         ESTABLISHED SPIRITUAL POSITIONS TO SOMETHING   #REATION OF )MAGEv BY #LARA "LEIBTREU CAN BE   3ARAJEVO IS NO RANDOMLY CHOSEN FORM   4HE   WORK  SCULPTURE  OBJECT   PICTURE OF SCULPTURE   A SINGLE IDEA  HYPER REAL  BUT STILL AN IDEA   AND SENSUALITY IN ONE SEARCHING FOR ITS
         THAT IS SENSUOUS  SENSITIVE   4RUE  ARTISTIC   SUMMED UP   )T CONCERNS AN EXCEPTIONALLY   INSTALLATION IS A MODERN ARTISTIC FORM  AND    OBJECT   AND WRITTEN WORD  THAT IS  THE NAME   WITH A REAL MEANING   4HE COLOURED SECTION    INTERPRETER

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