@article{fdi:010067107, title = {{T}he aesthetic question of the universal artists [trad. du chinois]}, author = {{E}scande, {Y}. and {V}idal, {D}enis}, editor = {}, language = {{CHI}}, abstract = {{S}ince the 1980's, the reflection concerning meeting of cultures, cultural transmission, and inter-culturalism usually concerns domains all linked with post-colonial, trans-national, and cultural diasporas questions, but also exile, hybridity, etc. {I}n such a context, the methodological approach of contemporary art is mostly founded on sociology and history of art methods. {T}he paper thus proposes an aesthetic approach of this problem, through the practical study of what we have chosen to call the "new figures of universal artists." {I}t seems interesting to study these artists that refuse, even in an indirect way, an appreciation of their art based on an identity, or on a specific culture, approach. {T}heir attitude as well as their creativity forces us to re-examine the validity of usual appreciation categories and of art evaluation. {M}ore than that, a number of them express on their artwork and on artistic creation even more pioneer ideas than any avant-garde theories. {T}herefore, this paper will examine, through the study of several contemporary "universal artists," as {A}nish {K}apoor, {J}u {M}ing, or {B}artabas for instance, after having defined what we mean by "universal artists," methodological methods implied by such a study.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{U}niversitas : {M}onthly {R}eview on {P}hilosophy and {C}ulture}, volume = {38}, numero = {10}, pages = {75--92}, ISSN = {1015-8383}, year = {2011}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067107}, }