Catttt Posted 10 years ago
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Does the highlighted sentence mean
1. However, Whiteread’s memorial does something more than Carl Andre’s installation, and it is not in the sense of signifying memory but in facilitating its performance
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2. However, Whiteread’s memorial, in contrast with Carl Andre’s installation, works more in facilitating its performance than in the sense of signifying memory.
At a physical distance you may, indeed, see nothing more than a stacked-up extension of Carl Andre’s famous ‘pile of fire bricks’ piece, Equivalent VIII (1966), in which it was the metaphysical ‘space around’ them that you were supposed to be provoked into contemplating. Whiteread’s memorial does more, though, not in the sense of signifying memory but in facilitating its performance.
1. However, Whiteread’s memorial does something more than Carl Andre’s installation, and it is not in the sense of signifying memory but in facilitating its performance
or
2. However, Whiteread’s memorial, in contrast with Carl Andre’s installation, works more in facilitating its performance than in the sense of signifying memory.
At a physical distance you may, indeed, see nothing more than a stacked-up extension of Carl Andre’s famous ‘pile of fire bricks’ piece, Equivalent VIII (1966), in which it was the metaphysical ‘space around’ them that you were supposed to be provoked into contemplating. Whiteread’s memorial does more, though, not in the sense of signifying memory but in facilitating its performance.
Top answer
As always, the language is vague. It sounds like the writer is trying to say two different things (badly). First, Whiteread does something more than Andre.
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As always, the language is vague. It sounds like the writer is trying to say two different things (badly). First, Whiteread does something more than Andre. Second, Whiteread does something different than Andre. If we wanted to say both of these, I would say that Whiteread does something different and what he does is more significant than what Andre does. The
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