Foucault on Painting

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Catherine M. Soussloff argues that Michel Foucault's sustained engagement with European art history critically addresses present concerns about the mediated nature of the image in the digital age. She explores the meaning of painting for Foucault's philosophy, and for contemporary art theory, proposing a new relevance for a Foucauldian view of ethics and the pleasures and predicaments of contemporary existence.

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"Catherine Soussloff is certainly one of the most intellectually intelligent and reflective art historians I can think of. Foucault on Painting is a clear, deeply thoughtful, and perfectly written contribution to the important field of intersect between art and philosophy."James Rubin, Stony Brook University

"Soussloff has produced a brief but thorough engagement with Michel Foucaults philosophy of painting. Admirers of Foucault will love the book as will anyone with the patience and willingness to revisit some of the primary sources." CHOICE

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Catherine M. Soussloff is professor of art history, visual art, and theory at the University of British Columbia. She is editor of Foucault on the Arts and Letters and author of The Subject in Art (Minnesota, 1997).