Beauty since the Sublime
If we consider beauty since postmodernism, it has seemed as though it has become far less of interest to our aesthetic discussions than that of the sublime. The sublime, as Kant proposes it in his critique of judgement, is abundant in contemporary aesthetic cultures as Shaviro mentions in his re-investigation of the Beautiful - “The sublime seems more appropriate to contemporary taste because it is an aesthetic of immensity, excess and disproportion. Where as the Beautiful is one of harmony and proportion. It is as if Beauty were somehow old-fashioned, whereas the sublime is considered more radical.” (Shaviro 1997)
In respect of my resent practise and study of Quentin Meillassoux's work on the absolute I feel an investigation of Beauty would be a useful route to take in elaborating some of my concerns.
