Considering the quote; 'Rules of taste enforce structures of power', I have sourced 20 images which could form the base of my image analysis essay, and help the development of my understanding of the quote and issues connected to it.
My approach to the task was to collect images that demonstrated the stereotypical high arts, the commercialization of the high arts, images that challenge conventional taste, and then illustrations that seem to critique art power structures.
I am particularly interested in the place of high art imagery in children's books, for me, the use of these pictures demonstrates the definitive idea of 'taste' that is projected on to us from a young age, seeming to suggest that autonomous taste will not develop.
Alternatively, I selected some images of high art to discuss why it may be that they maintain such a high and undisturbed position of status, alongside images that demonstrate a mockery of this status, through commercialization.
Grayson Perry seems to provide some interesting critiques of 'high art' culture and status, and I am also intrigued by Jeff Koons' rather garish, kitsch aesthetic which operates in a 'high art' context. In light of my chosen subject I will study the connection between context and subject, and how this alters the aesthetic qualities of art and design.
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