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While there is no essentialist quality of genius, the postmodern artist can reach the extraordinary by way of an active-passive Genius Decision, which is engaged in an activity of failure in its desire to represent the nonrepresentable.
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About the Author
Klaus Ottmann is a philosopher, writer, and curator based in New York. He has written numerous essays on art, design, and philosophy, and is the author of The Genius Decision: The Extraordinary and the Postmodern Condition; The Essentialâ„¢ Michelangelo; The Essentialâ„¢ Mark Rothko; Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective; and James Lee Byars: Life, Love, and Death. He is the curator of the sixth SITE Santa Fe international biennial, which takes place between July and December 2006.
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"Ottmann convincingly argues, genius is simply not an innate essential quality. It involves action, risk and failure." --LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR (Jan. 23, 2005)
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- PublisherSpring Publications
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0882145754
- ISBN 13 9780882145754
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages182
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