Lyotard's Philosophy of Art

Jean-François Lyotard was the poststructuralist philosopher who engaged most extensively with the arts, but in the English-speaking world his work in this area has not achieved the attention it deserves.Ashley Woodward systematically surveys the full range of Lyotard’s prolific writings in this area, contextualising them within wider traditions and demonstrating their continued relevance. The book is punctuated with detailed studies of a number of artists on whose work Lyotard provided commentary, including Masaccio, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Cézanne, Valerio Adami and Jacques Monory.Woodward shows how Lyotard’s work on art moves beyond textual and cultural interpretation to engage matter, affect and sensation.