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~ The Starry Heaven Above and The Mortal Coil Within – Desublimation in Modern Sculpture

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Against Humanism – “Mockumentality” and Monstrous Hybridity

THROUGH ME THE WAY INTO THE SUFFERING CITY, THROUGH ME THE WAY TO THE ETERNAL PAIN, THROUGH ME THE WAY THAT RUNS AMONG THE LOST. JUSTICE URGED ON MY HIGH ARTIFICER; MY MAKER WAS DIVINE AUTHORITY, THE HIGHEST WISDOM, AND … Continue reading

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Letter to Student on Writing and Revision

Dear S, Good to hear from you. I know finals can induce anxiety, but don’t let this one get to you. I think you should stick to your choice, because you like Marcel Mauss and also because writing on him … Continue reading

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“Progress”

“One must have recourse to another term. . . . There seems no reason not to use it.” “Their failure is encoded into the very surfaces of these works.” “Sculpture In The Expanded Field” (1979) The Originality of The Avant-Garde … Continue reading

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