| Description | This series comprises documents relating to a proposed project, intended either as a television production or a short film, under the working title 'Pleasure' or 'Pleasure and Paradoxes.' The material includes treatments for the short film version, plans for the television adaptation, and research such as photographs, postcards, journals, and magazines. The project explores the notion of the "masterpiece" in art history, interrogating fixed ideas of what constitutes great art. It questions how certain works came to be designated as masterpieces, and why they are preserved within museums, canons, and categories as "Old Masters." In doing so, it highlights the cultural constructions that reflect societal norms and values. |