Eretica : The Transcendent and the Profane in Contemporary Art
by PAPARONI, DEMETRIOFormat: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2007-10-16
Publisher(s): Skira
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Summary
Focusing on concepts of spirituality,Hereticslooks at themes such as the contrast between good and evil, sacredness, and the relationship between eroticism, sex, and death in the production of forty contemporary artists, including Marina Abramovic, Nobuyoshi Araki, Vanessa Beecroft, Robert Mapplethorpe, Paul McCarthy, and Joel-Peter Witkin. This richly illustrated anthology includes critical essays by prominent philosophers, anthropologists, and art historians such as Gore Vidal, Faye Waddleton, Jean Baudrillard, Arthur C. Danto, Vito Mancuso, Michel Maffesoli, Pierre Riches, Julien Ries, Arturo Schwarz, and others.
Author Biography
Demetrio Paparoni is an art critic and curator. He is the founder of the magazine Tema Celeste and author of several art books including the recently published Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Face to Face (Skira 2006).
Table of Contents
| Piety and Rebellion | p. 7 |
| Perfection and Perdition | p. 53 |
| Sanctity and Depravity | p. 63 |
| The Flesh in Sacrifice and in Love | p. 77 |
| The Eroticism or Divinity of Evil versus the God of Good | p. 87 |
| The Question of the Sacred | p. 115 |
| The Fall of Satan | p. 133 |
| The Concept of the Body in Judaism | p. 143 |
| Who is the Serpent? | p. 161 |
| Dangerous Art | p. 173 |
| On the Necessity of Evil and Hell | p. 209 |
| The Devil's Side | p. 231 |
| Pornography | p. 251 |
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