The Philosopher's Dream
The Philosopher's Dream
Category: Paintings
Artist: Chris Gollon
Subject: Being Human
Date of Work: Jan-March
Year of Work: 2009
Media: acrylic on canvas
Size: 36" x 24"
Private collection. This painting was produced by Chris Gollon while he was a Fellow and First Artist in Residence at the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Durham (Jan - Mar 2009). It forms part of the exhibition 'Being Human', which is accompanied by a full colour catalogue, with texts by the other Fellows and by art historian Tamsin Pickeral.
"Many of Chris Gollon’s figures are out of their place, on the
run, away from or after and towards, they are falling down, or they are thrown in solitude out there in this or that wilderness. It is precisely when they are out of place, improperly clothed, exiled from their home and country, extracted from their skies or earth, abnormally located, and lacking a normalizing shelter of any sort, that their souls can be properly exposed and be animated. It is then that the surface of their body reveals that (and how) the soul has been inscribed by sounds and images, by the others whom they have left, those from or after whom they are running, others for whom they yearn or whom they desire." Extract from catalogue text by Adi Ophir.
Adi Ophir teaches philosophy, critical theory, and political theory at The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University. He is also a fellow of the Hartman Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies. Ophir was the founding editor of Theory and Criticism. His recent books include The Order of Evils (Zone Books 2005), This Regime Which is not One: Occupation and Democracy between the Sea and the River (co-authored with Ariella Azoulay, Resling 2008), and Divine Violence: Two Essays on God and Disaster (The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, forthcoming).
Being Human catalogue (cover)
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