Contents

pp v-vi

List of Figures

pp vii-viii

Series Editor’s Preface

pp ix-xi

Preface

pp xii-xvi

Dedication

pp 1-2

Introduction

pp 3-10

Part I - Art as a Form of Understanding

pp 11-12

1 - First Ideas on Art, Being Moved and Criticism

pp 13-18

2 - Critical?Art

pp 19-25

3 - What Art Can Do (Malpertuis by Jean Ray)

pp 26-33

4 - On the Pleasure of Finding What Is Hidden (With Hidden Noise by Marcel Duchamp)

pp 34-46

5 - Memoria: Memory Work and the ‘Conversation of Mankind’

pp 47-62

Part II - Aspects of Artistry

pp 63-64

6 - On Laughter, Opinions and Artistic Freedom

pp 65-90

7 - Notes on the Work of Art as a Gift

pp 91-102

8 - Being an Artist Is an Art in Itself: On the ‘First Work’ and the Notion of ‘Oeuvre’

pp 103-115

9 - Double-Speak

pp 116-128

Part III - Elementary Aesthetics

pp 129-130

10 - On Splendour and Modern Beauty

pp 131-141

11 - Fatal Truths: Notes on the Beauty Experience

pp 142-153

12 - On the Aesthetic Gaze, Beauty and the Two Sources of Ugliness

pp 154-174

First Publication

pp 175-176

Notes

pp 177-196

Index

pp 197-199