||| The First Pillars Raised: A Statement on the Completion of the Foundational Trilogy
With the release of Volume III – The Canon of Witnesses, the foundational trilogy of Post-Interpretive Criticism now stands complete.
01 Corpus of Research & Doctrine
This collection brings together critical and reflective writings that examine the aesthetic and ethical conditions of artistic experience. It bridges theory and encounter, situating art criticism as a form of research into perception, presence, and responsibility within contemporary visual culture.
Against the Compulsive Urge to Interpret
Art today drowns not in silence but in surplus. Walls in galleries sag beneath explanatory texts, catalogues become mausoleums of interpretation, and critics multiply interpretations until the work itself is barely visible.
Principles of Post-Interpretive Criticism: A Study Guide
Post-Interpretive Criticism (PIC) isn’t a methodology one applies to a work. It’s a moral orientation — a shift in how one stands in front of a thing that breathes silence. Before the critic speaks, before the essay is begun, before the language is chosen, there is the moment of approach.
Witnessing vs. Interpreting – A Post-Interpretive Comparative Exercise
Witnessing vs. Interpreting – A Post-Interpretive Comparative Exercise
Post-Interpretive Method: How to Practice Restraint in Front of a Work of Art
You Have Entered a Room. Now What?