Writing on the act of looking: we follow how themes such as loneliness, time, childhood and renewal appear in art.
TagFrancis Alÿs
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Essays & Criticism ·
Art does not console; it confronts. In the light of Albert Camus’s philosophy of the absurd, we look at the absurdity of existence in the works of Louise Bourgeois, Francis Alÿs and Bruce Nauman.
Essays & Criticism ·
Knowledge passes on through people, not only through screens. From Rembrandt to Nam June Paik, we look at what is lost when learning happens alone and without a master.
Existence & Spirituality ·
The feeling that “there is someone else inside me” is not an illness but the mind’s shelter. We explore dissociation as an art of reconciliation through Phil Stutz and Magritte.
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