Martta Heikkilä is adjunct professor of aesthetics at the University of Helsinki.

• Acknowledgements Introduction: The Dissemination of Art1. The Muteness and Blindness of Images: Deconstruction and the Work of Art2. Beyond Presence: Form and Figure 3. The Frames of the Work of Art 4. The Trait and Difference: Art between Form and Gesture5. Words and Art: Exemplarity of the Work6. Mimesis as Difference7. The Deconstruction of the ImageConclusion: The Complicated Liaison of Art and PhilosophyBibliography

Ce livre est la première étude d'ensemble consacrée aux rapports de ce qu'on nomme 'l'art' et de ce qu'on désigne comme 'la déconstruction.' Les rapports entre deux entités aussi complexes, dont les concepts se dérobent, ne peuvent qu'être eux-mêmes complexes. Ce livre les analyse de façon subtile et sur la base d'une information très solide. Il faut saluer le travail de Martta Heikila qui sera nécessaire à toute recherche ultérieure dans ce domaine.This book is the first comprehensive study devoted to the relationships between what we call 'art' and what we designate as 'deconstruction.' The relationships between two such complex entities, whose concepts are concealed, can only be themselves complex. This book analyzes them in a subtle way and on the basis of very solid information. Martta Heikila's work, which will be necessary for any further research in this field, is to be commended.

Martta Heikkilä is adjunct professor of aesthetics at the University of Helsinki.

• Acknowledgements Introduction: The Dissemination of Art1. The Muteness and Blindness of Images: Deconstruction and the Work of Art2. Beyond Presence: Form and Figure 3. The Frames of the Work of Art 4. The Trait and Difference: Art between Form and Gesture5. Words and Art: Exemplarity of the Work6. Mimesis as Difference7. The Deconstruction of the ImageConclusion: The Complicated Liaison of Art and PhilosophyBibliography

Ce livre est la première étude d'ensemble consacrée aux rapports de ce qu'on nomme 'l'art' et de ce qu'on désigne comme 'la déconstruction.' Les rapports entre deux entités aussi complexes, dont les concepts se dérobent, ne peuvent qu'être eux-mêmes complexes. Ce livre les analyse de façon subtile et sur la base d'une information très solide. Il faut saluer le travail de Martta Heikila qui sera nécessaire à toute recherche ultérieure dans ce domaine.This book is the first comprehensive study devoted to the relationships between what we call 'art' and what we designate as 'deconstruction.' The relationships between two such complex entities, whose concepts are concealed, can only be themselves complex. This book analyzes them in a subtle way and on the basis of very solid information. Martta Heikila's work, which will be necessary for any further research in this field, is to be commended.

Martta Heikkilä is adjunct professor of aesthetics at the University of Helsinki.

• Acknowledgements Introduction: The Dissemination of Art1. The Muteness and Blindness of Images: Deconstruction and the Work of Art2. Beyond Presence: Form and Figure 3. The Frames of the Work of Art 4. The Trait and Difference: Art between Form and Gesture5. Words and Art: Exemplarity of the Work6. Mimesis as Difference7. The Deconstruction of the ImageConclusion: The Complicated Liaison of Art and PhilosophyBibliography

Ce livre est la première étude d'ensemble consacrée aux rapports de ce qu'on nomme 'l'art' et de ce qu'on désigne comme 'la déconstruction.' Les rapports entre deux entités aussi complexes, dont les concepts se dérobent, ne peuvent qu'être eux-mêmes complexes. Ce livre les analyse de façon subtile et sur la base d'une information très solide. Il faut saluer le travail de Martta Heikila qui sera nécessaire à toute recherche ultérieure dans ce domaine.This book is the first comprehensive study devoted to the relationships between what we call 'art' and what we designate as 'deconstruction.' The relationships between two such complex entities, whose concepts are concealed, can only be themselves complex. This book analyzes them in a subtle way and on the basis of very solid information. Martta Heikila's work, which will be necessary for any further research in this field, is to be commended.