By Csar Aira. Translated by Katherine Silver. Foreword by Will Chancellor. Afterword by Alexandra Kleeman.

Translated into English for the first time, On Contemporary Art, a speech by the renowned novelist Csar Aira, was delivered at a 2010 colloquium in Madrid dedicated to bridging the gap between writing and the visual arts.

On Airas dizzying and dazzling path, everything comes under questionfrom reproducibility of artworks to the value of the written word itself. In the end, Aira leaves us stranded on the bridge between writing and art that he set out to construct in the first place, flailing as we try to make sense of where we stand. Airas On Contemporary Art exemplifies what the ekphrasis series is dedicated to doingexploring the space in which words give meaning to objects, and objects shape our words.

Like the great writers Walter Benjamin and Hermann Broch before him, Aira operates in the space between fiction and essay writing, art and analysis. Pursuing questions about reproducibility, art making, and limits of language, Airas unique voice adds new insights to the essential conversations that continue to inform our understanding of art.

Format: Paperback
Published: USA, 2018
Publisher: David Zwirner
Pages: 64
Languauge: English
ISBN 13: 9781941701867
ISBN 10: 1941701868