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Radical Intimacy in Contemporary Art
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Moscovitch suggests that intimacy has played an under-appreciated role in the shifting of social and political consciousness. She explores the work of Leigh Ledare, Genesis P-Orridge, Ellen Jong, Barbara DeGenevieve, Joseph Maida and Lorraine O'Grady, who, through their radical practices, engage in such consciousness shifting in elegant, surprising, and provocative ways. Guided by the feminist psychoanalytic canon of Julia Kristeva throughout, as well as being informed by the philosophy of Luce Irigaray and the critical theory of Judith Butler, Moscovitch situates these artists in the emerging lineage of feminist new materialism. She argues that the instability of intimacy leads to radical and performative objecthood in their work that acts as a powerful expression of revolt. Through this line of argumentation, Moscovitch joins a growing group of philosophers exploring object-oriented theories and practices as a new language for a new era. In this era, the hegemony of subjectivity has been toppled, and a new world of human ontology is built creatively, expressively and in the spirit of revolt.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
270
Release Date:
2025-05-29
Publication Date:
2025-05-29
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1350298220
ISBN13:
9781350298224
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Weight:
415 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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