The Postconceptual Condition keyword-production-of-money The Absence of Myth is

The Absence of Myth is the most incisive study yet made of surrealism

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The Postconceptual Condition keyword-production-of-money The Absence of Myth isIf, as Walter Benjamin claimed, it is the function of artistic formto make historical content into a philosophical truth then it is the function of criticism to recover and to complete that truth. Never has this been more necessary or more difficult than with respect to contemporary art. Contemporary art is a point of condensation of a vast array of social and historical forces, economic and political forms and technologies of image production.