The Truth in Painting
Derrida, Jacques (?cole Pratique des Hautes-?tudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris) / Bennington, Geoffrey / McLeod, Ian
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 dimensio...