"The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"

“Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be. This unique existence of the work of art determined the history to which it was subject throughout the time of its existence (p.220).”

INTERPRETATION OF PASSAGE

In this passage, Walter was trying to explain to us that no matter how we go about things in life nothing or nobody comes out to be too perfect. Something is always lacking in one way or the other, it could be the time or space. In the reproduction of an art work, since it was already done and they are trying to get a new copy of it, something will always be lacking because it is not the original copy of the work. Every work of art has its own uniqueness and each time a reproduction is done there is always something lacking when going about it. We can never get it to look like the original copy because it is not our own painting or work.

I chose this passage because I believe that in life nothing can be perfect and as humans we have to accept that as a challenge but yet try to do our best to bring out the best of the best off in us. In as much as we try also to copy an already produced work of someone, its not going to be that aesy to get it as it was becuase each and everyone has a unique way they do their things.