Modern art’s rational objectivity can only arise through subjectivity.

Evidence

The other side of Adorno’s apparently paradoxical definition was ignored: that the only rational objectivity that was still possible for the modern work of art was only possible, in any significant sense, as a product of subjectivity. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2191

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies Adorno’s central paradox about modern art: objectivity in art is only achievable as a product of subjectivity.
• XREF: connects to: Objectivity in art requires building forms from the self rather than borrowing them — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 280; Art achieves objective revelation through subjective effort only at the cost of illusoriness — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2742; Art promises happiness only at the cost of illusoriness — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2742

Broader Connections

• Objectivity in art requires building forms from the self rather than borrowing them #corroborates (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 280
• Art achieves objective revelation through subjective effort only at the cost of illusoriness #qualifies (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2742
• Art promises happiness only at the cost of illusoriness #qualifies (0.72) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2742