Carrying the Burden of Representation: Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions
2006 ◽
Vol 40
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pp. 53-69
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The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively – because, without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins. You have to put a “box” around it because otherwise, what is that shit on the wall?If John Cage, for instance, says, “I'm putting a contact microphone on my throat, and I'm going to drink carrot juice, and that's my composition,” then his gurgling qualifies as his composition because he put a frame around it and said so. “Take it or leave it, I nowwillthis to bemusic.” After that it's a matter of taste. Without the frame-as-announced, it's a guy swallowing carrot juice.
1998 ◽
Vol 39
(6)
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pp. 935-936
2010 ◽
Vol 20
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pp. 100-105
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2005 ◽
Vol 4
(1)
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pp. 112-112
1996 ◽
Vol 13
(1)
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pp. 61-72
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1976 ◽
Vol 31
(4)
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pp. 303-310
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