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Portraying the unrepresentable: “the methodical eye” of the early modern meta-painting. “Las Meninas” , from Velazquez to Picasso

Oana Șerban Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine and define a new aesthetical paradigm, claimed by the speculative painting, following two different but connected artistic discourses: Las Meninas by Velazquez, and its 58 replicas of Pablo Picasso, the self-portrait being possible only as representation of the fictional author and its authorial Ego. … [Read more…]

Performing subjects, performing selves: the “truth” of sex, the impossibility of gender

Irina Toma Abstract Most perspectives on the postmodern subject revolve around the issue of sexuality and its relevance in the constitution of the subject. Irrespective of the definition we give to sexuality and its related representations on the human body, the critical genealogy of the political practices shows that, in gendering, the body needs to … [Read more…]

The Rise of Transpolitical Individualism as Expression of the Postcommunist Transition to Democracy. May ’68 as Pattern for Personalising Democracy

Oana Șerban   Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine and define the transpolitical individualism as expression of the postcommunist transition to democracy, based on the analysis that Gilles Lipovetsky devoted to the French revolution of May’68. This historical moment has been regarded not only as a powerful instrument to achieve the so-called … [Read more…]