Word: passion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...public, not understanding the work it was being presented, quite naturally dismissed most of it as "junk"; the artists, perhaps justifiably but more likely arrogantly or even lazily, began using their work to indulge their whims and fantasies, not caring whether it would arouse a spark of recognition, passion, or even shock in the viewer. The old debate regarding the social utility of art should have been revived, but wasn't, because not many observers considered the work produced worth the effort...
People talked with some passion about showing the Iranians a thing or two, talk that was scattered with references to the Russians and the Commies...