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Art Encounters Deleuze and Guattari: Thought beyond Representation (Renewing Philosophy)
Simon O'Sullivan
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Description for Art Encounters Deleuze and Guattari: Thought beyond Representation (Renewing Philosophy)
Paperback. Develops a materialist and immanent approach to modern and contemporary art. This book presents an argument which is made for a return to aesthetics - an aesthetics of affect - and for the theorization of art. Series: Renewing Philosophy. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
In a series of philosophical discussions and artistic case studies, this volume develops a materialist and immanent approach to modern and contemporary art. The argument is made for a return to aesthetics - an aesthetics of affect - and for the theorization of art as an expanded and complex practice. Staging a series of encounters between specific Deleuzian concepts - the virtual, the minor, the fold, etc. - and the work of artists that position their work outside of the gallery or 'outside' of representation - Simon O'Sullivan takes Deleuze's thought into other milieus, allowing these 'possible worlds' to work ... Read more
In a series of philosophical discussions and artistic case studies, this volume develops a materialist and immanent approach to modern and contemporary art. The argument is made for a return to aesthetics - an aesthetics of affect - and for the theorization of art as an expanded and complex practice. Staging a series of encounters between specific Deleuzian concepts - the virtual, the minor, the fold, etc. - and the work of artists that position their work outside of the gallery or 'outside' of representation - Simon O'Sullivan takes Deleuze's thought into other milieus, allowing these 'possible worlds' to work ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Series
Renewing Philosophy
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230573734
SKU
V9780230573734
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About Simon O'Sullivan
SIMON O'SULLIVAN is Lecturer in Art History/Visual Culture at Goldsmiths College, London, UK. He has published widely in the area of aesthetics and art theory, including articles in Parallax, Angelaki and Pli. This is his first monograph.
Reviews for Art Encounters Deleuze and Guattari: Thought beyond Representation (Renewing Philosophy)
'Sincere, passionate and unpretentious, O'Sullivan demonstrates how to construct an active engagement between art practice and Deleuze and Guattari's theory. This book sets the agenda for art criticism beyond interpretation and representation, and will be valuable to practitioners, students and academics alike.' - Philip Goodchild, University of Nottingham, UK Review of Hardback Edition: 'This book ... Read more