PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Marc Botha is a Lecturer in English Studies at Durham University, UK and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Literature, Language and Media at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
In lucid prose, Marc Botha lays out his persuasive case for a special status for minimalism. He describes it as an aesthetic movement capable of ceaselessly and intermittently returning aesthetics to its most radical roots, based on the dual principles of the `infinitesimal' and the `parsimonious.' I found Botha's authorial voice to be strong and trustworthy. -- Graham Harman, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, USA More than just a work about minimalism, this is a highly innovative contribution to aesthetics, critical theory and current debates around the ontology of art in general. -- Christopher Norris, Distinguished Research Professor, School of English, Communication and Philosophy, Cardiff University, UK Based on the principle of the least possible and the least necessary, Botha's lucid and convincing interpretation of minimalism is wide ranging and all-encompassing. Building on canonical works of minimalist art, music, and literature, he argues for a mode of thinking, doing, and making that reaches as far back as the seventeenth century and extends to fields as diverse as ethics, economics, sociology, and politics. -- Frances Colpitt, Deedie Potter Rose Chair of Art History, Texas Christian University, USA
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