What We Are Reading Today: ‘Semi-Detached’

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Updated 12 May 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Semi-Detached’

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Author: JOHN PLOTZ

When you are half lost in a work of art, what happens to the half left behind? “Semi-Detached” delves into this state of being: what it means to be within and without our social and physical milieu, at once interacting and drifting away, and how it affects our ideas about aesthetics.

The allure of many modern aesthetic experiences, this book argues, is that artworks trigger and provide ways to make sense of this oscillating, in-between place.