Exorcism/Aesthetic Terrorism |
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| Artist:
| Arman,
Bourgeois, Louise
Nauman, Bruce
Oursler, Tony
Rist, Pipilotti
Schütte, Thomas |
| Contribution by:
| Atelier van Lieshout, |
| Text by:
| Sütö, Wilma
Dercon, Chris |
| ISBN: | 978-90-5662-146-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
| Publisher: | NAi Uitgevers / Publishers Stichting
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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Inspired by recent critical/philosophical work re-addressing Kant's notion of "radical evil" (e.g. Richard J. Bernstein's Radical Evil: A Philosophical Interrogation), Exorcism/Aesthetic Terrorismis a primal scream against deterioration, repression, disaster, and a culture that smothers its demons with whatever definition of normalcy currently prevails. The participants in this collection exorcise the era's monsters in a discharge of artistic venom.
Inspired by recent critical/philosophical work re-addressing Kant's notion of "radical evil" (e.g. Richard J. Bernstein's Radical Evil: A Philosophical Interrogation), Exorcism/Aesthetic Terrorismis a primal scream against deterioration, repression, disaster, and a culture that smothers its demons with whatever definition of normalcy currently prevails. The participants in this collection exorcise the era's monsters in a discharge of artistic venom.