Laruelle and Art: The Aesthetics of Non-Philosophy

209 Pages·2019·8.572 MB·English

by  Jonathan Fardy

Laruelle and Art
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Laruelle and Art
The Aesthetics of Non-Philosophy
JONATHAN FARDY
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Dedicated to a future for three
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Contents
List of Figures viii
Preface x
Acknowledgments xx
1 Introduction 1
2 “Non” is Not Negation 43
3 The Aesthetics and Ethics of Non-Philosophy 79
4 Aesthetics in a Different Light: Kapoor, Flavin, Turrell 117
5 Conclusion 155
Notes 161
Index 174
Figures
1 Robert Rauschenberg, Reservoir, 1961.
Source: Oil, pencil, fabric, wood, and metal on canvas with two
electric clocks, rubber tread wheel, and spoked wheel rim
85 1/2 × 62 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (217.2 × 158.8 × 39.4 cm).
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Gift of
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation /
VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY 8
2 Alberto Giacometti, City Square, 1948.
Source: Giacometti, Alberto (1901–66) © VAGA & ARS, NY City
Square, 1948. Bronze, 21.6 × 64.5 × 43.8 cm Purchase. Museum of
Modern Art, Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed
by SCALA/Art Resource, NY © 2018 Alberto Giacometti Estate/VAGA
at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY 21
3 Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917 (replica 1964).
Source: Duchamp, Marcel (1887–1968) © ARS, NY. Fountain.
1917/1964. Third version, replicated under the direction of the
artist in 1964 by the Galarie Shwartz, Milan. Glazed ceramic,
63 × 48 × 35 cm. AMI 1986-295. Photo: Philippe Migeat/
Christian Bahier. Musee National d’Art Moderne © CNAC/
MNAM/Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY © Association
Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS),
New York 2018 26
4 Julia Margaret Cameron, Annie, 1864.
Source: Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815–79). Albumen silver print,
17.9 × 14.3 cm. Digital image courtesy of the Getty’s Open Content
Program 45
FIGURES ix
5 Dan Flavin, “Monument” 1 for V. Tatlin, 1964.
Source: Flavin, Dan. (1933–96). © ARS, NY. “Monument” for
V. Tatlin 1. 1964. Fluorescent lights and metal fixtures, 243.8 x
58.7 x 10.8 cm. Gift of UBS. The Museum of Modern Art. Digital
Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art
Resource, NY © 2018 Stephen Flavin/Artists Rights Society (ARS),
New York 130