Modern Philosophy - 20th Century, Cognitive Science, Modern Aesthetics, Modern Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous, Postmodernism

The Genius Decision

Name: The Genius Decision
Author: Klaus Ottman
ISBN: 9780882145754

by Klaus Ottman

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Overview

While there is no essentialist quality of genius, the postmodern artist can reach the extraordinary by way of an active-passive Genius Decision, which is engaged in an activity of failure in its desire to represent the nonrepresentable.

About the Author, Klaus Ottman

Klaus Ottmann is a philosopher, writer, and curator based in New York. He has written numerous essays on art, design, and philosophy, and is the author of The Genius Decision: The Extraordinary and the Postmodern Condition; The Essential™ Michelangelo; The Essential™ Mark Rothko; Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective; and James Lee Byars: Life, Love, and Death. He is the curator of the sixth SITE Santa Fe international biennial, which takes place between July and December 2006.