1996/04/01 by I. Pace · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · Mathematics · #Historical and Literary Analyses #Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts #Panorama #Wish #Scope (computer science) #Point (geometry) #Space (punctuation) #Path (computing) #Sociology #Art #History #Art history #Visual arts #Philosophy #Computer science #Anthropology #Mathematics
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A Michael Finnissy work is like a journey from one point to another, along which there are any number of digressions off the ‘main path’, some of them extended. By the end of this journey, one realizes that the digressions were far more interesting than the conclusion: indeed the journey primarily served the purpose of enticingone into the space in question. As a ‘guide’ through the near 200 works that occupy Michael Finnissy's catalogue in the year of his 50th birthday, I shall take the liberty of constructing ‘paths’ of my own: after all, there are an infinite number of such paths, and though none will lead us through the oeuvre in its entirety, I wish to give some impression of the sheer scope and stimulation of Finnissy6s body of work.