That Uncertain Object: David Sylvester’s Conception of Criticism as a Personal Affair

Prendeville, Brendan

That Uncertain Object: David Sylvester’s Conception of Criticism as a Personal Affair

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

Prendeville, Brendan

Date published

2014

Abstract

It has become almost routine to dismiss direct and ‘unmediated’ analyses of artworks but in this essay Brendan Prendeville argues that David Sylvester’s strength as a writer on art lay precisely in his willingness to be guided by direct response, as made evident from his earliest critical writing. Affinities between Sylvester’s approach and phenomenology are also discussed.

Journal title

Tate Papers

Issue

21

Publisher

Tate

Place of publication

UK

ISSN

1753-9854

Official URL

https://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/21/that-uncertain-object-david-sylvesters-conception-of-criticism-as-a-personal-affair

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In Copyright

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/