In this way, van Alphen’s book is a work of art in itself as it educates us in a new mode of thought that will forge equally new approaches and responses to the world.įor Genevieve Terrence it seemed like a dream come true: a weekend alone on Maui with her sexy boss, Nick Brogan.
Van Alphen analyzes how art visually ‘thinks’ about these difficult cultural issues, tapping into an understudied interpretation of art as the realm where ideas and values are actively created, given form, and mobilized. Employing work from artists as diverse as Picasso, Watteau, Francis Bacon, Marlene Dumas, and Matthew Barney, he shows how art confronts its viewers with the ‘pain points’ of cultural experience genocide, sexuality, diaspora, and transcultural identity and thereby transforms the ways in which human existence is conceived. Examining a broad range of works, van Alphen a renowned art historian and cultural theorist demonstrates how art serves a socially constructive function by actually experimenting with the parameters of thought. Rather than interpreting art as merely a reflection of our social experience or a product of history, van Alphen here argues that art is a historical agent, or a cultural creator, that propels thought and experience forward. In Art in Mind, Ernst van Alphen probes this idea of art as a commanding force with the capacity to shape our intellect and intervene in our lives. Manhunting In Memphis (By:Heather MacAllister)Īrt has the power to affect our thinking, changing not only the way we view and interact with the world but also how we create it.
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