The Useless Image
Bataille, Bergson, Magritte
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4370205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzanne Guerlac (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-56 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2007.97.1.28 |
| OpenAlex | W2054150929 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper explores Bataille's writings on primitive art, specifically his essay on the Lascaux cave, in order to elaborate a notion not of the informe (as contemporary art critics have done), but of the fictive figural image. It reads this "useless image"-a term borrowed from Bataille-in the work of Magritte through Bergson's notion of resemblance and the operation of attentive recognition
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Painting · French Literature and Critical Theory · Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis · Philosophy · Philosophy and Social Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |