Art in Mind: How Contemporary Images Shape Thought.Art in Mind: How Contemporary Images Shape Thought by Ernst van Alphen The University of Chicago Press/228 pp./$25.00 (sb). Van Alphen argues, drawing from French philosopher and art historian Hubert Damisch, that art "thinks." Art is not just a form of expression, nor a forum for thought, but a tactile tactile /tac·tile/ (tak´til) pertaining to touch. tac·tile adj. 1. Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible. 2. Used for feeling. 3. philosophy. Art's ability to both provoke thought and rewrite our thinking is supported and juxtaposed jux·ta·pose tr.v. jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing, jux·ta·pos·es To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. with works by contemporary artists--Matthew Barney, Christian Boltanski Christian Boltanski (born September 6, 1944) is a French photographer, sculptor, self-proclaimed painter, and installation artist. Christian Boltanski was born in Paris to a Jewish father of Ukrainian heritage, and a Corsican mother. , Marlene Dumas Marlene Dumas (born August 3, 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa) is an artist combining elements of Expressionism with conceptual art into ink and watercolour pieces and oil paints on canvas. , Marien Schouten and Fiona Tan, to name a few. Art in Mind poignantly addresses art's discourse on race, genocide, sexuality and transcultural identity. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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