Beclouded Visions by Kyo Maclear
Drawing on a diverse array of images-ranging from military photographs to survivor paintings-Maclear asks what it means to see such representations. What does it mean to put a face to horror? Does "seeing everything" make us more humane? Is it possible to become inured to images of violence? She probes the nature of our fascination with images of horror, and she questions our attachment to pictorial realism and graphic memory. Placing philosophers such as Jacques Derrida, Walter Benjamin, and Theodore Adorno in the context of ongoing debates about history and memory, Beclouded Visions provides a refreshing perspective on art, remembrance, and mourning.
"This is an exceptional and compelling piece of scholarshipThe book works its themes across a number of disciplinary concerns, touching on what is both the common experience in attending to commemorative and witness art, and the most profound philosophical issue of the limits and functions of horror's representation." — John Willinsky, University of British Columbia
Kyo Maclear is an independent writer and visual artist based in Toronto, with a special interest in the issue of historical memory in twentieth-century art.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780791440056 |
| ISBN 10 | 0791440052 |
| Title | Beclouded Visions |
| Author | Kyo Maclear |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 1998-10-22 |
| Number of pages | 213 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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