Format:
1 Online-Ressource (219 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
0857710591
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1850434115
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6000007604
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9786000007607
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9780755604876
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9781850434108
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9780857710598
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9781850434115
Content:
Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 -- Transcending Nationalism; 2 -- Contingency and the Emergence of Art; 3 -- The "Work" of Art; 4 -- Shedding Light for the Matter; 5 -- Working Hot: A Materialist Ontology; Conclusion; Notes; References.
Content:
Refuting the assumption that art is a representational practice, this book engages with the work of Heidegger, Deleuze and Guattari, C.S. Pierce and Judith Butler. It argues for a performative relationship between art and artist. Drawing on themes as diverse as the work of Cezanne and Francis Bacon, the transubstantiation of the Catholic sacrament, and Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray", she challenges the metaphor of light as entertainment. She suggests that too much "light" may in fact reveal nothing. Finally, she asks: how does an "embodied" practice fa
Note:
Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781850434108
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bolt, Barbara Art Beyond Representation : The Performative Power of the Image London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, ©2010 ISBN 9781850434108
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9780755604876
