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The Pleasure in Drawing
ISBN: 9780823252329
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Fordham University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: ART / Techniques / Drawing.; PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics.; ART / Criticism & Theory.; Drawing;

Originally written for an exhibition Nancy curated at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon in 2007, the text addresses the medium of drawing in light of form in its formation, of form as a formative force, opening drawing to questions of pleasure and desire.

Jean-Luc Nancy is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. His wide-ranging thought is developed in many books, including Expectation: Philosophy, Literature ; The Possibility of a World ; The Banality of Heidegger ; The Disavowed Community ; and, with Adèle Van Reeth, Coming (all Fordham).Armstrong Philip :

Philip Armstrong is Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University.