Workshop

Art and Theory Reading Group

From: 26th January 2017 6:00 pm

To: 26th January 2017 9:00 pm

Derek Hampson

179 Wollaton Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

- a workout for the mind!

Twitter

Hashtag

About

Theoretical thinking plays an ever increasing role in the creation and understanding of contemporary art. The Art and Theory Reading Group aims to create a meeting place for those interested in expanding their understanding of the relationship between the two, by exploring some of the works of key twentieth century thinkers and practitioners.

Meetings will be organised around given themes, the first of which will be “Art as Gift,” and will examine the hypothesis that we experience the presence of things, such as works of art, as something given, i.e. as gifts. The main theoretical sources of this idea are the writings of the philosophers Jacques Derrida and Martin Heidegger. In art the gift is explicitly referenced in Marcel Duchamp’s final major work: Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau / 2° le gaz d’éclairage … (Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas . . . ).

There will be four meetings of the Art as Gift strand of the Art and Theory Reading Group, starting Thursday January 26th 2017. The following three meetings will take place on the final Thursday of the following months. All at Wollaton Street Studios

If you are interested in joining the Art and Theory Reading Group please email Derek Hampson.

Website

https://arttheoryreadgroup.wordpress.com/

Booking Link

https://arttheoryreadgroup.wordpress.com/contact/

More Events

Workshop
Easter Family Activities 2024: Traces in Spaces
2nd April 2024 – 11th April 2024
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottinghamshire
Exhibition
Donald Rodney: Visceral Canker
28th September 2024 – 5th January 2025
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottinghamshire
Screening
Artists’ Film: Selected 14
24th April 2024 – 24th April 2024
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottinghamshire
Event
Well Art: An art for wellbeing challenge
6th April 2024 – 27th April 2024
Medley, Lincolnshire