Exploding Aesthetics: 16 (Lier & Boog)

Annette W. Balkema; Henk Slager

ISBN 10: 904201315X / ISBN 13: 9789042013155

Published by Brill | Rodopi, 2001

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Lier & Boog (Netherlands) 2000. Very good condition softcover with clean, unmarked pages which are free from notes and underlinings. No creasing to cover or spine. Dispatched from UK within three days.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploding Aesthetics: 16 (Lier & Boog)
• Publisher: Brill | Rodopi
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 904201315X
• ISBN 13: 9789042013155
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 495 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art and Design

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Synopsis

Today, many visual artists are giving the cold shoulder to the static, isolated concept of visual art and searching instead for novel, dynamic connections to different image strategies. Because of that, visual art and aesthetics are both forced to reconsider their current positions and their traditional apparatus of concepts. In that process, many questions surface. To mention a few: Could the characteristics of an artistic image and its specific manner of signification be determined in a world which is entirely aesthetisized? What would be the consequences of a variety of image strategies for aesthetic experience? Would it be possible to develop a form of cultural criticism by means of artistic activities in a culture awash in images?
In order to answer such questions, aesthetics as a philosophy of art needs to transform its field into a critical philosophy of topical visual culture. As an impetus to such a reinterpretation of the visual working area, the L & B Series organized three symposia evenings under the title “Exploding Aesthetics”, in cooperation with De Appel Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam. Besides the presentations and discussions from these symposia, this volume includes various arguments, positions, and statements in both articles and interviews by a variety of visual artists, designers, advertising professionals, theorists and curators. The participants are: Mieke Bal, Annette W. Balkema, Peg Brand, Experimental Jetset, Liam Gillick, Jeanne van Heeswijk, Martin Jay, KesselsKramer, Friedrich Kittler, Maria Lind, Wim Michels, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Planet Art, Joke Robaard, Annemieke Roobeek, Remko Scha, Rob Schröder, Henk Slager, Richard Shusterman, Pauline Terreehorst, Wolfgang Welsch and Marie-Lou Witmer.