Deconstruction and the Work of Art : Visual Arts and Their Critique in Contemporary French Thought

Thought, Heikkilä shows that the deconstructionist notions of art are still influential in the discourses of contemporary art, in which artworks proliferate and the concept of "work\u0022 is open-ended and expanding. This book offers an introduction to the deconstructionist theory of art and brings new perspectives to the complex, undecidable relation between philosophy and art. [Publisher's text]

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