[Jacques Derrida] The Truth in Painting

Author: Jacques Derrida

Translated by: Geoff Bennington and Ian McLeod

Published by: The University of Chicago, 1987

Original Title: La verite en peinture

First Published: Paris, 1978

The four essays in this volume constitute Derrida's most explicit and sustained reflection on the art work as pictorial artifact, a reflection partly by way of philosophical aesthetics (Kant, Heidegger), partly by way of a commentary on art works and art scholarship (Van Gogh, Adami, Titus-Carmel). The illustrations are excellent, and the translators, who clearly see their work as both a rendering and a transformation, add yet another dimension to this richly layered composition. Indispensable to collections emphasizing art criticism and aesthetics.

(Alexander Gelley, Library Journal]

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