Figuring out figurative art : contemporary philosophers on contemporary paintings / edited by Damien Freeman and Derek Matravers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeman, Damien.

Matravers, Derek.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Art, Modern--21st century.

Art, Modern.

Physical Description:

xv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

In 1797 Friedrich Schlegel wrote that "philosophy of art usually lacks one of two things: either the philosophy, or the art." This collection of essays contains both the philosophy and the art. It brings together an international team of leading philosophers to address diverse philosophical issues raised by recent works of art. Each essay engages with a specific artwork and explores the connection between the image and the philosophical content. Thirteen contemporary philosophers demonstrate how philosophy can aid interpretation of the work of ten contemporary artists, including: Jesse Prinz on John Currin, Barry C. Smith and Edward Winters on Dexter Dalwood, Lydia Goehr and Sam Rose on Tom de Freston, Raymond Geuss on Adrian Ghenie and Chantal Joffe, Hallvard Lillehammer on Paul Noble, M. M. McCabe and Alexis Papazoglou on Ged Quinn, Noël Carroll on Paula Rego, Simon Blackburn and Jerrold Levinson on George Shaw, Sondra Bacharach on Yue Minjun. The discussion ranges over ethical, political, psychological and religious concepts, such as irony, disgust, apathy, inequality, physiognomy and wonder, to historical experiences of war, Marx-inspired political movements and Thatcherism, and standard problems in the philosophy of art, such as expression, style, depiction and ontology of art, as well as major topics in art history, such as vanitas painting, photography, pornography, and Dadaism. Many of the contributors are distinguished in areas of philosophy other than aesthetics and are writing about art for the first time. All show how productive the engagement can be between philosophy, more generally, and art. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The pornography of Western art / Jesse Prinz John Currin, The-Dane The-Dane, Jesse Prinz John Currin, 13

2 A moment of capture / Barry C. Smith Dexter Dalwood, A View From A Window Window, Barry C. Smith Dexter Dalwood, A View From A 33

3 Uncanny absence and imaginative presence in Dalwood's paintings / Edward Winters Dexter Dalwood, Room 100 Chelsea Hotel and Hendrix's Last Basemen Basemen, Edward Winters Dexter Dalwood, Room 100 Chelsea Hotel and Hendrix's Last 37

4 At the still point of the turning world: Two Quartets by Tom de Freston / Lydia Goehr Tom do Freston, Quartet - Stage One and Quartet - Stage Two Two, Lydia Goehr Tom do Freston, Quartet - Stage One and Quartet - Stage 55

5 Being ironic with style / Sam Rose Tom de Freston, Quartet - Stage Four Four, Sam Rose Tom de Freston, Quartet - Stage 73

6 The radioactive wolf, pieing and the goddess "Fashion" / Raymond Geuss Adrian Ghenie, Dada is Dead Dead, Raymond Geuss Adrian Ghenie, Dada is, Nickelodeon Chantal Joffe, The Black Camisole 87

7 Confinement, apathy, indifference / Hallvard Lillehammer Paul Noble, Heaven Heaven, Hallvard Lillehammer Paul Noble, 109

8 Thinking outside the frame: Plato, Quinn and Artaud on representation and thought / M. M. McCabe Ged Quinn, The Fall 117

9 Nature, life and spirit: a Hegelian reading of Quinn's vanitas art / Alexis Papazoglou Geri Quinn, Hegel's Happy End End, Alexis Papazoglou Geri Quinn, Hegel's Happy 133

10 Of war and madness / Noël Carroll Paula Reyo, War War, Noël Carroll Paula Reyo, 149

11 Showing us how it is / Simon Blackburn Blackburn, Simon, George Shaw, This Sporting Life Life, George Shaw, This Sporting 155

12 Paintings, photographs, titles / Jerrold Levinson George Shaw, No Returns Returns, Jerrold Levinson George Shaw, No 167

13 The laughter behind the painted smile / Sondra Bacharach Yue Minjun, Untitled Untitled, Sondra Bacharach Yue Minjun, 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.

ISBN:

9781844658039

1844658031

OCLC:

894224535