Rabinow, Paul,

Unconsolable contemporary : observing Gerhard Richter / Paul Rabinow. - 163 pages : Includes bibliography and notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: form and Birkenau -- Object: the contemporary -- Constellations: writing and imaging strife -- Assembling: abet and facilitate -- Composition: techne and pathos -- Contemporary consolations: unconsoled -- Restive endings.

Paul Rabinow continues his explorations of ""a philosophic anthropology of the contemporary"" by examining the work of German painter Gerhard Richter. Defining the contemporary as a moving ratio in which the modern becomes historical, Rabinow uses Richter's work to illustrate how meaning is created within the contemporary.



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Richter, Gerhard, 1932- --Criticism and interpretation.


Art and philosophy.


Philosophical anthropology.
ART / History / General.

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