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The Nondualistic Aesthetics of Qi 氣 in Antoni Tàpies’ Holistic Conception of Art
- Philosophy East and West
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 70, Number 1, January 2020
- pp. 84-115
- 10.1353/pew.2020.0012
- Article
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Abstract:
Antoni Tàpies’ writings and interviews unveil his holistic conception of art, which was profoundly influenced by the Chinese nondualistic aesthetics of qi 氣 and the idea of yi wu liang ti 一物兩體 (one object but two states). He considers the creation of art a dynamic process animated by the constant flow of qi and constituted by the artist, medium, artwork, and audience.