Critical Grounds #7. The Game of the Crossed Destinies. Between art and critique, or the case of Elena Bellantoni.

The seventh installment of Arshake’s editorial project, the “Critical Grounds” series, is proposing The Game of the Crossed Destinies. Between art and critique, or the case of Elena Bellantoni by Simona Brunetti.  The result of the desire to reflect upon two travelling companions – art and critique -, The Game of the Crossed Destinies. is a small yet precious reflection that enriches the “Critical Grounds” section with an analytical outlook spanning from the revolutionary contributions of Duchamp’s philosophy and those of Lyotard, Menna, Danto and other eminent art theorists while building an itinerary towards the artwork as a critical device.

On the complex nature of the relationship between art and critique, the figure of Elena Bellantoni becomes a borderline case and her work a space for reflection. It’s a device where the respective roles of art and theory, of artist and critic, are linked to the same game that inevitably cross the destinies.

Enjoy the reading.

«Critical Grounds», the Arshake’s publishing project directed by Antonello Tolve*, is born from the desire to network precious and of great cultural interest books in open source electronic format. It is, in fact, a shelf which, together with the re-release of untraceable or forgotten essays, spreads rumors of the international critical scene to offer a wide-ranging look at the culturological contemporary landscape. Alongside this program “Critical Grounds” also proposes artist books, new authors and new voices of fiction to share with its authors and its readers a wide choice of assumptions, guidelines, designs on the creative area of the near future.

* The Critical Grounds from #1 to #5 were curated together with Christian  Caliandro.