Statements for Discussion

• Art centers are apologetic expressions of achieved hegemony. Their expansion is a gentle form of cultural imperialism.
• Mutual understanding for the western means: "After having had overwhelming influence through politics and economy on you, we would like to know what domains are still resisting to our rules?"
•  The critically social compromised artist is a western enlightenment ideal the western are constantly looking for.
• The western love persecuted artists: The more an artist is being repressed, the higher it's work is being aprecciated. See Ai Wei Wei