Question #1: Why do we have to measure art? There is a quote on page 308: "Again in Moore's words: 'To display sculpture to its best advantage outdoors, it must be set so that it relates to the sky rather than to trees, a house, people or other aspects of its surroundings. Only the sky, miles away allows us to contrast infinity with reality, and so we are able to discover the sculptor's inner scale without comparison.'" The way it is described here, we use a scale to really appreciate the art, but why can't we appreciate it to the fullest without measuring it?
Question #2: For the "identificatory unity that propels today's form of community-based site specificity," is identificatory unity really the right way? The article discussed a believe that "the art work should affirm rather than disturb the viewer's sense of self." If this is true, then there is no point in art; art would just be reiterating what we see and know from every day. Art if not meant to just reaffirm self-knowledge, is it? There should be more coming from a piece than that. (Quotes from 325).
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