Possibilities of worlds. Contemporary art according to Jean-Luc Nancy

Authors

  • Verónica Capasso Instituto de Historia del Arte Argentino y Americano Facultad de Bellas Artes Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Keywords:

Jean-Luc Nancy, art today, plurality of the arts, gesture

Abstract

This review presents the book Art Today (2014) by Jean-Luc Nancy, a French philosopher, and ithighlights its main proposal: the meaning of the term contemporary art. Located on the same lineas other theoretical and/or art historians who have made essential analysis for the visual arts, theauthor also extends on other topics as the plurality of the arts and the notion of gesture, giving us some key reading for art in the present.

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Published

2016-09-28

How to Cite

Capasso, V. (2016). Possibilities of worlds. Contemporary art according to Jean-Luc Nancy. Boletín De Arte, (16), 69–71. Retrieved from https://papelcosido.fba.unlp.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/boa/article/view/320

Issue

No. 16 (2016): Boletín de Arte 16

Section

Reviews

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