Vitality will be tested once we are cure of our mania and our melancholybelief in our ability to act in historyaccept the project of working through the end rather than evading it through elaborate defence mechanismssettle our historical task the task of mourning. Informed by both structuralism and poststructuralism, these essays by art critic andhistorian yve alain bois seek to redefine the status of theory in modernist critical discourse. Yvealain bois born april 16, 1952 is a professor of art history at the school of historical. Opednews depends upon cant survive without your help if you value this article and the work of opednews, please either donate or purchase a premium membership. Paintings from the daros collection bois, yve alain, juncosa, enrique, krauss, rosalind e. Yve alain bois translated by john shepley what does it mean for a painter to think. I will focus here on a specific claim that of the death of painting, and more spe. Yvealain bois institute for advanced study march 7, 2007. Warning against the uncritical adoption of theoretical fashions and equally against the a priorirejection of all theory, bois argues that theory is best employed in response to the specificdemands of a critical problem. Yvealain bois institute for advanced study march 7, 2007 yvealain bois, professor, school of historical studies. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Our courbet paintings are 100% handpainted on canvas by skilled artists.
A specialist in twentiethcentury european and american art, bois is recognized as an expert on a wide range of artists, from henri matisse and pablo picasso to piet mondrian, barnett newman, and ellsworth kelly. Rossendgame provides the first comprehensive discussion of t. Informed by both structuralism and poststructuralism, these essays by. Potential for painting will emerge in the conjunctive deconstruction of the. York, the prevailing reactions to this painting have always been of two kinds.
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