Deleuze bacon logic of sensation pdf files

The logic of sensation by gilles deleuze translated by daniel w. Understanding deleuzeextends to the reader deleuzes own invitation to think differently about cultural studies. Deleuze analyzes the distinctive innovations that came to mark. Deleuzes book is really about sensation itself, or rather, a notion of sensation that is not a kind of procedural, kantian containersensation. Deleuzes main thesis, as expressed in logic of sensation, as i see it, is twofold. Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. I argue that the move to abstraction in painting resonates with the aim of thought without image because it counters representation with a radical materiality that returns painting to the movement of matter. The logic of sensation belongs unquestionably to the genre of serious criticism. Rocco gangles constant support and companionship, from the. Considering stoicism, language, games, sexuality, schizophrenia, and literature, deleuze determines the status of meaning and meaninglessness, and seeks the place where sense and. The logic of sensation in this paper i will look at three primary ways deleuze analyzes the works of francis bacon. There are six chairs imitating a forest arranged around a raised platform where a figure.

Representation or sensation a critique of deleuzes. Deleuzes main thesis, as expressed in logic of sensation as i see it is twofold. Ranging from stoic philosophy to lewis carrolls literary and logical paradoxes, deleuzes exploration of meaning and meaninglessness takes in language games, sexuality. It is what is painted, it is both subject and object. I will conclude this analysis with my own assessment of bacon and deleuzes thoughts and present two reasons as to why bacon provides an enthralling understanding of the nature of. Logique du sens is a 1969 book by the french philosopher gilles deleuze. Second, while the power of the logic of sensation is due largely to what translator daniel w. Colour acting upon the nervous system, upon the sense organs, creates a sensation that is prior to thought, a sensation is the action of invisible forces on the body deleuze, 2003 p.

I would recommend reading the book while looking at each picture he expands upon here this book works not only as a piece of art commentary but as a practical and highly readable introduction to deleuzes anti. Deleuzes advice was to begin in the middle, so i will start in the thick of it. Kwinter eds, incorporations, zone books, new york, pp. Gilles deleuze, francis bacon the logic of sensation pt 1 project.

Capitalism and schizophrenia by gilles deleuze and felix guattari translated from the french by robert hurley, mark seem, and helen r. The deleuze seminars is a collection of audio recordings, transcriptions, and english translations of, and supplemental materials from, the lectures french philosopher gilles deleuze gave during his career at the university of paris 8 in the painting and the question of concepts seminar, deleuze critiques aesthetic theories which treat art as representation, presenting instead. If you had to describe the characteristic tone of bacon. Students will be responsible for having three leading questions prepared for each session. I am not aware of any documents or further information about deleuzes in. Deleuze discovers rhythm as the essence of painting. Deleuze is consistent in his lack of interest in bacons development, except. The english edition was translated by mark lester and charles stivale, and edited by. He concludes, that rhythms are the only characters, the only figures in bacons triptychs. Since its first publication, logic of sense has become a famous work of philosophical criticism, working from stoic philosophy to lewis carrolls literary and logical paradoxes and on to psychoanalysis, deleuze seeks to determine the status of meaning and meaninglessness.

Smith calls deleuzes extraordinarily specific and detailed analyses of individual paintings, in fact the account has a yawning blind spot when it comes to the actual work of francis bacon. Deleuze and guattari differentiate between philosophy, science, and the arts, seeing as means of confronting chaos, and challenge the common view that philosophy is an extension of logic. Pdf deleuze gilles francis bacon the logic of sensation. Deleuzes exploration takes the reader through a series of inquiries with language, games, sexuality. Deleuze creates in the logic of sensation a series of philosophical concepts, each of. Illuminating bacons paintings, the nonrational logic of sensation, and. The logic of sensation is his longawaited work on bacon,widely regarded as one of the most radical painters of the twentieth century. Considered one of the most important works of one of frances foremost philosophers, and longawaited in english, the logic of sense begins with an extended exegesis of lewis carrolls alice in wonderland. The book presents a deep engagement with bacons work and the nature of art. Even deleuze himself or together with fellix guattari really were paying a lot of attention to many modern painters, the summit of his aesthetic viewpoint directed toward the plane of painting can be encountered only in the book francis bacon. Columbia university press, 1990 logique du sens, minuit, 1969galloway reading notes context and general notes the logic of sense, along with difference and repetition, represents the culmination of the first phase of deleuzes work on core philosophy, which roughly coincides with the decade of the.

Seminar on deleuzes logic of sense, part 1 youtube. It is a mistake to think that the painter works on a white surface. The logic of sensation by gilles deleuze these are my reading notes from this excellent book. Deleuze gilles francis bacon the logic of sensation. Ranging from stoic philosophy to lewis carrolls literary and logical paradoxes, deleuzes exploration of meaning and meaninglessness takes in language games, sexuality, schizophrenia, psychoanalysis and literature. This page leads to a current workinprogress, a concordance to the works of deleuze, including his collaborations with guattari. But while occasionally viewed solely as a work of art history, deleuzes larger motivation is the conception of art beyond representation. A thousand plateaus and the other books in deleuzes opus will also be made available as downloadable pdf files. The first volume contained deleuzes essay, while the second volume consisted exclusively of fullpage reproductions of bacons. Deleuzes theses about painting in general, and about bacon in particular. Rachel fensham monash university, australia reference deleuze, gilles 1992, mediators in j. Bacons three pictorial elements figure figure 5 round arearing rond, piste, contour 5 field of color aplat 8 figure contour structure the raised image, the.

Carl raschke at the university of denver on the first half of gilles deleuzes logic of sense. For deleuze, sensation is always a verb, not a noun, and this book is an attempt to make this movement and logic of sensation apparentbut not necessarily visible. Logic of sensation 1991 and pierre klossowskis nietzsche and the vicious circle forthcoming. Smith university of minnesota press, 2005 ump amazon the cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in. Bacon that we wrote for the journal artscribe almost twenty years ago. Greco is a pho tographer and freelance translator based in paris. Ben davis on gilles deleuzes book on francis bacon.

Reading the logic of sensation and getting a preliminary acquaintance with deleuzes unique perspective on philosophy, art and life, through the lectures in class and the variety of commentaries read for the writing of this paper, has opened intriguing windows and vistas. Three conceptual trajectories in the logic of sensation. Gilles deleuze was one of the most influential and revolutionary philosophers of the twentieth century. But deleuze also uses the concept of rhythm to discuss the peculiarities of francis bacons paintings, writing on the phenomenological unity of the senses. The questions should demonstrate knowledge of the assigned text. The hermetic deleuze philosophy and spiritual ordeal. In it, deleuze creates a series of philosophical concepts, each of which relates to a particular aspect of bacons paintings but at the same time finds a place in the general logic of sensation. Gilles deleuze the logic of sensations gilles deleuze writes figure is the sensible form of the sensation. It is experienced when one inhabits a painting, affecting.