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Art beyond representation : the performative power of the image / Barbara Bolt.

By: Publisher: London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2004Description: x, 209 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781850434108
  • 1850434107
  • 9781850434115
  • 1850434115
Subject(s):
Contents:
Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Transcending Representationalism -- Contingency and the Emergence of Art -- "Work" of Art -- Shedding Light for the Matter -- Working Hot: A Materialist Ontology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.
Summary: 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.

Bibliography: pages 201-209.

Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Transcending Representationalism -- Contingency and the Emergence of Art -- "Work" of Art -- Shedding Light for the Matter -- Working Hot: A Materialist Ontology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.

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.