Beuys’ Chair and the Violence of the Other: Toward a Theory of Aesth-ethics
Most rare are those works of art that, in a simple visual gesture, succeed in formulating a dilemma that occupies culture as a whole. Such is the artwork of Joseph Beuys entitled Fat Chair. The work—viewed mainly from a phenomenological perspective—is comprised of two elements holding a tension: a c...
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Performance Philosophy
2017-06-01
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Online Access: | https://www.performancephilosophy.org/journal/article/view/73 |