An Asynchronous Studio Book Club reading of Art in America 1945-1970: Writings from the Age of Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Minimalism, edited by Jed Perl.
The Greenberg problem, to call it that, may well be multifactorial, and its components may vary depending on the afflicted party in question, but I expect it's not so much anger as defensiveness or resentment. Greenberg had an eye and corresponding taste of his own, to which he was true, and that is clearly not the case with many "art people" who came after him. This causes tension and friction, not to say insecurity and anxiety, which can lead to rather unseemly acting out.
Franklin, the term "plastic arts" has been in use since the early 19th century to refer to art forms that employ materials that can be modified or manipulated by the artist to create a work of art. It may be more familiar or in more common usage in languages other than English, but I have long been very used to it in Spanish as "artes plásticas."
The Greenberg problem, to call it that, may well be multifactorial, and its components may vary depending on the afflicted party in question, but I expect it's not so much anger as defensiveness or resentment. Greenberg had an eye and corresponding taste of his own, to which he was true, and that is clearly not the case with many "art people" who came after him. This causes tension and friction, not to say insecurity and anxiety, which can lead to rather unseemly acting out.
Franklin, the term "plastic arts" has been in use since the early 19th century to refer to art forms that employ materials that can be modified or manipulated by the artist to create a work of art. It may be more familiar or in more common usage in languages other than English, but I have long been very used to it in Spanish as "artes plásticas."
That I got. What's "plastic experience"?
Presumably the visual experience of a work of plastic art.
That's what I would presume as well, but Hofmann leaves room for imagination.