Figuring out figurative art : contemporary philosophers on contemporary paintings

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Figuring out figurative art : contemporary philosophers on contemporary paintings

edited by Damien Freeman and Derek Matravers

Routledge, 2015

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At head of title: Breese Littele

"This book has been a collaborative endeavour between Routledge and the commercial art gallery Breese Little."--p. [ix]

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-206) and index

Artists: John Currin, Dexter Dalwood, Tom de Freston, Adrian Ghenie, Chantal Joffe, Paul Noble, Ged Quinn, Paula Rego, George Shaw, Yue Minjun

Contents of Works

  • Figurative art and figurative philosophy / Damien Freemann
  • The pornography of Western art : John Currin, The dane / Jesse Prinz
  • A moment of capture : Dexter Dalwood, A view from a window / Barry C. Smith
  • Uncanny absence and imaginative presence in Dalwood's paintings : Dexter Dalwood, Room 100 Chelsea hotel and Hendrix's last basement / Edward Winters
  • At the still point of the turning world : two Quartets by Tom de Fretson : Tom de Freston, Quartet, stage one and Quartet, stage two / Lydia Goehr
  • Being ironic with style : Tom de Freston, Quartet, stage four / Sam Rose
  • The radioactive wolf, pieing and the goddess "Fashion" : Adrian Ghenie, Dada in dead and nickelodeon : Chantal Joffe, The black camisole / Raymond Geuss
  • Confinement, apathy, indifference : Paul Noble, Heaven / Hallvard Lillehammer
  • Thinking outside the frame : Plato, Quinn and Artaud on representation and thought : Ged Quinn, The fall / M.M. McCabe
  • Nature, life and spirit a Hegelian reading of Quinn's vanitas art : Ged Quinn, Hegel's happy end / Alexis Papazoglou
  • Of war and madness : Paula Rego, War / Noël Carroll
  • Showing us how it is : George Shaw, This sporting life / Simon Blackburn
  • Paintings, photographs, titles : George Shaw, No returns / Jerrold Levinson
  • The laughter behind the painted smile : Yue Minjun, Untitled / Sondra Bacharach

Details

  • NCID
    BB17533868
  • ISBN
    • 9781844658039
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 210 p., [16] p. of plates
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Subject Headings
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