Abstract
For Alain Badiou, art and its creation do not need a preconceived idea to direct or guide, as art itself is one of conditions for philosophy. In light of this, Badiou replaces the aesthetics that subordinates art to the will of philosophy with an inaesthetics that induces truth out of art. Inaesthetics no longer tries to pursue the idea or notion that governs the works of art, but focuses on how artistic creations penetrate the consistent presentations of everyday discourse and tease out truth from the smoothed discourse. This way to artistic creations is like a journey through darkness, with no light or any visible landmark. The art, therefore, is a beast forcing its way through the dark to reach truth, and this way of art is the procedure of truth.
First Page
182
Last Page
189
Recommended Citation
Lan, Jiang. 2014. "Inaesthetics and Art as Procedure of Truth: An Introduction to Badiou's Art Thought." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 34, (2): pp.182-189. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol34/iss2/4
