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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Main Author: Dror Pimentel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Performance Philosophy 2017-06-01
Series:Performance Philosophy
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Online Access:https://www.performancephilosophy.org/journal/article/view/73