Confrontation of experience and representation in the aspect of language privilege: criticism of transcendentalism in art

The article contains a critical view on the modern position of art as a place to develop transcendental positions which do not have anything in common with the nature of art. In this connection, the transcendental monopoly showing language privileges in the sphere of art must be recognised illegal and demoting the appropriate development of art. Attention is given to the situation in which there is a habit to set a point of view on art from a transcendental "place" as soon as a conversation turns to things of the "special kind" (works of art). This indicates an intention for analysts of art to follow the situation of "compliance" which conforms with the nature of the language, but is alien to the nature of artistic activity. As a result, the situation is valid in the context of transcendental schematism. It creates a gap between the ''what'' is analysed and the ''how'' this analysis is carried out. The analyst of art has to struggle to get closer to the subject of analysis in method and means, nevertheless they make a dissonance in the way of addressing to art, creating the impression of invisibility of experiences, meanings and representations in an attempt to combine the experience and meaning in something they call interpretation. It is not surprising that this kind of position in the field of arts & humanities creates conditions for the establishment of an epistemological space orienting to find the ''right'' (if not universal) transcendental grid allowing to clarify the essence of any work of art. This demonstrates the desire of analysts of art to the ''privileged'' position of possessing a separate and specific knowledge which (if) one can acquire only after it is applied. Therefore, it is quite obvious that no texts were ever written for the purpose of ''correspondence'' to a certain transcendental grid for understanding the work of art by searching for the artistic meaning in the material. As a consequence, it is necessary to take into account that representation is a very specific language tool which provides the convenience of finding and giving some sense in the world.

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