ABSTRACT This paper briefly explores the problematic notion of the “artist as a social worker” and aims to develop an (ethical) counterpoint to this position via Mouffe’s concept of agonism. It begins by tracing some conceptual frameworks that have posited art as an ameliorative force within the public realm, discusses the complications of “intention” embedded in language, as well as draws attention to the difference between these terms that are often interchangeably. It ends with an exploration of three agonistic artworks, the last being the author’s own. It hopes to present a productive counterpoint to the notion of the “artist as social worker,” as well as provide insight to these discussions from a practitioners point of view.

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作为社会工作者的艺术家与作为社会流浪者的艺术家

摘要 本文简要探讨了“作为社会工作者的艺术家”这一有问题的概念，并旨在通过墨菲的对立概念对这一立场进行（伦理）对立。它首先追溯了一些概念框架，这些框架将艺术视为公共领域内的一种改善力量，讨论了语言中嵌入的“意图”的复杂性，并提请注意这些经常可以互换的术语之间的差异。它以对三件激动人心的艺术品的探索结束，最后一件是作者自己的。它希望对“艺术家作为社会工作者”的概念提出一个富有成效的对立面，并从实践者的角度为这些讨论提供见解。