The Dress of Thought: Form and style in contemporary art writing

Thompson, Susannah

The Dress of Thought: Form and style in contemporary art writing

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Thompson, Susannah (2017) The Dress of Thought: Form and style in contemporary art writing. Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, 10 (1). pp. 101-121. ISSN 1753-5190
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Creators/Authors:

Thompson, Susannah

Abstract:

‘The Dress of Thought’ is a consideration of recent developments in the style and form of art writing, looking specifically at narrative and experimental modes of writing that operate as ‘criticism in the expanded field’. This article seeks to define, map and navigate paraliterary forms of art writing, countering frequent assertions that such writing is uncritical or apolitical. In arguing for style and form as essential critical vehicles through which judgement, reference and evaluation can be inferred, I contend that these approaches represent a subversive reappraisal of the role and function of critics and criticism.

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http://doi.org/10.1386/jwcp.10.1.101_1

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Art writing; art criticism; post-criticism; paraliterature; artists' writings

School/Academic Area:

School of Fine Art
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14 August 2017

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30 September 2017