Dekanoniseerimise ja mitmehäälse kaanoni vajadus: horisontaalsema kunstiajaloo käsitluse poole

In writing the history of art, art historians always make choices, preferring some artists over others, which later forms the canon of art history. In this article, I will critically examine the concept of the canon, the process of canon formation and ways for the canon to become more open, flexible and multi-vocal. I argue that the canon rejects the horizontal approach to art history, which includes more marginal voices that have been left out. As an example, I discuss the work of Thomas Erma, an American artist born in Estonia, in relation to the canon of abstract expressionism.