Options
Kilroy, Robert
Name
Kilroy, Robert
Last Name
Kilroy
First Name
Robert
Main Affiliation
Email
robert.kilroy@sorbonne.ae
Scopus Author ID
57193477800
Now showing 1 - 9 of 9
- Publication
66 91 - Publication
Scopus© Citations 2 45 44 - PublicationMarcel Duchamp's Fountain: One hundred years later(2017)This book marks the centenary of Marcel Duchamp's Fountain by critically re-examining the established interpretation of the work. It introduces a new methodological approach to art-historical practice rooted in a revised understanding of Lacan, Freud and Slavoj Žižek. In weaving an alternative narrative, Kilroy shows us that not only has Fountain been fundamentally misunderstood but that this very misunderstanding is central to the work's significance. The author brings together Duchamp's own statements to argue Fountain's verdict was strategically stage-managed by the artist in order to expose the underlying logic of its reception, what he terms 'The Creative Act.' This book will be of interest to a broad range of readers, including art historians, psychoanalysts, scholars and art enthusiasts interested in visual culture and ideological critique
50 - Publication
58 - Publication
55 63 - Publication
58 136 - PublicationWhen All That Takes Place Is the Place Itself': Tracing the Word/Image Parallax from Godot to Gatsby(2018)In his 1994 work Picture Theory, W.J.T. Mitchell outlined a revised notion of Iconology that was seen to mark a paradigmatic shift in the direction of text/image scholarship. Offering “theoretical justification for broadening the scope of visual studies” (Bartmanski, 2012 10), Mitchell appeared to resolve what had long been regarded as a central site of epistemological struggle, what he himself termed the word/image problematic. In recent years, however, inconsistencies in Mitchell's position have started to appear: despite his stated intentions, there remains a tendency in his work to reconstruct the very ontological divide he seeks to overcome. What this continued persistence of the word/image dualism bears witness to is the critical urgency of a revised theoretical intervention. A new avenue of investigation presents itself in the form of Slavoj {\v{Z}}i{\v{z}}ek's concept of the “parallax”. When faced with an irreducible gap between two opposing poles, {\v{Z}}i{\v{z}}ek argues, one must resist the temptation to reconcile the categories in question; instead, approaching the deadlock in purely formal terms, one should strive to reach below the dualism to the inherent tension or (“parallax”) gap that generates it. Through such a radical perspectival shift – from problematic (“gap between”) to parallax (“gap within”) – the insurmountable limit is perceived not as an obstacle to be overcome but as a solution in itself.
101