A violent embrace : art and aesthetics after representation / Renée C. Hoogland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoogland, Renée C., 1960- author.

Series:

Interfaces, studies in visual culture

Interfaces: studies in visual culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Psychology.

Art.

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

xii, 215 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colored) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, [2014]

Summary:

Instead of asking questions about the symbolic meaning or underlying "truth" of a work of art, renée c. hoogland is concerned with the actual "work" that it does in the world (whether intentionally or not). Why do we find ourselves in tears in front of an abstract painting? Why do some cartoons of the prophet Muhammad generate worldwide political outrage? What, in other words, is the compelling force of visual images, even--or especially--if they are nonfigurative, repulsive, or downright "ugly"? Rather than describing, analyzing, and interpreting artworks, hoogland approaches art as an event that obtains on the level of actualization, presenting "retellings" of specific artistic events in the light of recent interventions in aesthetic theory, and proposing to conceive of the aesthetic encounter as a potentially disruptive, if not violent, force field with material, political, and practical consequences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611684902

1611684900

9781611684919

1611684919

OCLC:

840477945