Philosophies and theories come, as always, post festum.

If life were completely rational

One of the tasks of art criticism is 
to make evident the discursive qualities of artistic creation.

Total transparency is only possible through total control—the latter only exists in a dictatorship.

ENTKUNSTUNG

ENTKUNSTUNG I Editor's Note

souvenir (words)

01 ENTKUNSTUNG

Art After The End Of Art

ENTKUNSTUNG III Editors' Note

ENTKUNSTUNG III Preface

Art and aesthetics are a kind of problematic equation, perhaps a forgotten or even interrupted relationship that has to be reconsidered over and over again.

Entkunstung als Formel kritischer Kunst

It is necessary to actively assume a position to eradicate the superficiality and loss of ideals.

ENTKUNSTUNG I Preface

Art exceeds the population of objects, acts, bodies, and events of reality, since it is composed by no more than the combination of parts of the real, and the possibilities of permutation border on the infinite.

ENTKUNSTUNG II Editors' Note