56 pages : 24 cm;Discusses the application of deconstructionist theories and criticism to the visual arts, and considers its relation to Western metaphysics;Includes bibliographical references;Deconstruction, post-modernism and the visual arts / Christopher Norris -- The metaphysics of presence: Plato, Rousseau, Saussure -- Framing the text: Kant and Hegel -- Truth, writing, representation -- Double sessions: Derrida on Mallarmé and Adami -- Against post-modernism: the politics of deconstruction -- Deconstruction and art / The art of deconstruction / Andrew Benjamin -- Deconstruction itself -- Deconstruction and the architecture of affirmation -- Writing about Adami -- Interpreting / painting and the art of deconstruction;Deconstruction, post-modernism and the visual arts / Christopher Norris -- The metaphysics of presence: Plato, Rousseau, Saussure -- Framing the text: Kant and Hegel -- Truth, writing, representation -- Double sessions: Derrida on Mallarme and Adami -- Against post-modernism: the politics of deconstruction -- Deconstruction and art / The art of deconstruction / Andrew Benjamin -- Deconstruction itself -- Deconstruction and the architecture of affirmation -- Writing about Adami -- Interpreting / painting and the art of deconstructionDiscusses the application of deconstructionist theories and criticism to the visual arts, and considers its relation to Western metaphysicsIncludes bibliographical referencesDeconstruction, post-modernism and the visual arts / Christopher Norris -- The metaphysics of presence: Plato, Rousseau, Saussure -- Framing the text: Kant and Hegel -- Truth, writing, representation -- Double sessions: Derrida on Mallarmé and Adami -- Against post-modernism: the politics of deconstruction -- Deconstruction and art / The art of deconstruction / Andrew Benjamin -- Deconstruction itself -- Deconstruction and the architecture of affirmation -- Writing about Adami -- Interpreting / painting and the art of deconstructionDeconstruction, post-modernism and the visual arts / Christopher Norris -- The metaphysics of presence: Plato, Rousseau, Saussure -- Framing the text: Kant and Hegel -- Truth, writing, representation -- Double sessions: Derrida on Mallarme and Adami -- Against post-modernism: the politics of deconstruction -- Deconstruction and art / The art of deconstruction / Andrew Benjamin -- Deconstruction itself -- Deconstruction and the architecture of affirmation -- Writing about Adami -- Interpreting / painting and the art of deconstruction