Aesthetics and the Iconoclasm of Contemporary Art

Žarko Paić is a professor at the Faculty of Textile Technology, Department of Fashion Design, University of Zagreb, where he teaches aesthetics, semiotics and media studies.  He graduated at the Faculty of Political Science, M.A. and has a PhD in sociology from the Faculty of Humanities in Zagreb. He is the main editor of Journal for Theory, Culture and Visual Arts Fort, and deputy editor of the European Messenger.  He recently published White Holes and the Visualization of the Body, with Palgrave Macmillan, London-New York, 2019.

• Preface.- Introduction.- The World Without a Picture: Avant-Garde and Iconoclasm.- Deconstruction of the Image: From Mimesis and Representation to Communication.- The Dark Core of Mimesis: Art, Body and Image in the Thought of Jean-Luc Nancy.- The Dead-Nature of the Body: Biopolitics and Images of Humans’ End.- Event of the Moment: Time in Contemporary Art.- Figures of Resistance: Painting after the End of the Avant-garde.- Conclusion.- Index.