Julia Kristeva 1941
The term ABJECT has been explored in post-structuralism
as what disturbs conventional identity and cultural concepts.
Kristeva describes subjective horror (abjection) as the
feeling when an individual experiences what Kristeva terms one's
"corporeal reality“. Or is
confronted by both mentally and or as a body, the breakdown in the distinction
between what is Self and what is Other
The concept of abjection is the process by which, one
separates one's sense of self from what immediately threatens one's sense of
life.
Abjection prevents the absolute realization of
existence, completing the course of biological, social, physical, and spiritual
cycles. The best representation of this concept can be imagined as one's
reaction to gazing at a human cadaver, or corpse, as a direct reminder of the
inevitability of death.
The abject is, as such, the process that separates from
one's environment what "is not me."
Kristeva's concept of abjection explains popular
cultural narratives of horror, and discriminatory behaviour manifesting in
Misogyny, Homophobia and Genocide……The Other
Martin Heidegger 1889 -1976
•Heidegger
explores the fundamental questions of Time, Death and the underlying Angst of
being human.
•Philosophy
of Being…..what is Is?
•Being
is not a “thing” it is not available to
the senses.
•Ontology
thinking about Being
•Dasein…..human life, ways
of being In the world, being with others, states of mind
Eva Hesse 1936 - 1970
•Eva
Hesse is associated with the Post Minimal Art Movement. Hesse is one of the
first artists who moved from Minimalism to Post minimalism
•Arthur
Danto distinguishes it from minimalism by its "mirth and jokiness"
and "unmistakable whiff of eroticism", its "non-mechanical
repetition".
•Many
feminist art historians have noted her work successfully illuminates women’s
issues while refraining from any obvious political agenda.
•She
reveals, in a letter to Ethelyn Honig (1965), that a woman is
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"at disadvantage from the beginning… She lacks conviction that she has the
‘right’ to achievement. She also lacks the belief that her achievements are
worthy”.[She
continues to explain that, “a fantastic strength is necessary and courage. I
dwell on this all the time. My determination and will is strong but I am
lacking so in self-esteem that I never seem to overcome”.[She
denied her work was strictly feminist, defending it as feminine but without
feminist statements in mind.
