Capacity: The History, the World, and the Self in Contemporary Art and Criticism

ISBN-13: 9789057010514 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 256 str.

Thomas McEvilley;Thomas McEvilley

Opis

What sets Thomas McEvilley apart from other critics in art and culture is his direct knowledge of the newest art and theory, and his comprehensive understanding of classic art and ancient civilizations. In McEvilley's view, modernism's present was the future, and post-modernism's present is the past. He distinguishes himself from both of these positions, and - Janus-like - simultaneously scrutinizes past and present in order to facilitate the production of future discourse. G. Roger Denson brings singular insight to Thomas McEvilley's writings. As an art writer he has explored similar theory, but from the point of view of a nomadic ideologist. He addresses the issues of pragmatism, historicism, and cultural relativism. In so doing, he effectively dismantles the need to establish a master narrative.

Spis treści

Part One History As Context: Expanding Modernist Form; Chapter 1 Heads It's Form, Tails It's Not Content; Chapter 2 Seeking the Primal Through Paint: The Monochrome Icon; Part Two The World and Its Difference; Chapter 3 Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief: Primitivism in Twentieth-Century Art at the Museum of Modern Art; Chapter 4 History, Quality, Globalism; Chapter 5 Arrivederci Venice: The Third World Biennials; Part Three The Self and Subjectivity; Chapter 6 I Am, Is a Vain Thought; Chapter 7 Penelope's Night Work: Negative Thinking In Greek Philosophy; Chapter 8 Empyrrhical Thinking, and why kant can't; Part Four Reincarnations and Visitations: Modernism and Postmodernism All Over Again; Chapter 9 From On The Manner of Addressing Clouds;

O autorze

Thomas McEvilley, G. Roger Denson