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Virtual space (2019)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2019). Virtual space. In A. Massey (Ed.), A Companion to Contemporary Design since 1945 (137--156). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119112297.ch7

Virtual space is a critical aspect of design and presents many possibilities in the contemporary digital age in a range of arenas including entertainment, communication, and other industries, such as healthcare and the built environment. In this chap... Read More about Virtual space.

Homeless bound (2019)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2019). Homeless bound. In E. Roberts (Ed.), Asia Trinennial Manchester. Who Do You Think You Are? (35--38). Home Publications

Homeless Bound is a narrative about the phenomenological awareness of finding one's an outsider in the world and the shattering effect that has on one's identity and sense of self

Georges Bataille (1897-1962) (2017)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2017). Georges Bataille (1897-1962). In P. {Goodchild }, & H. {Phelps } (Eds.), Religion and European Philosophy (222--234). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315642253-20

Georges Bataille was a French cultural theorist and philosopher who wrote widely in a number of fields that included anthropology, sociology, art, economics, erotic literature and religion. Bataille{\textquoteright}s influences were many and disparat... Read More about Georges Bataille (1897-1962).

Spirituality and Contemporary Art (2016)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2016). Spirituality and Contemporary Art. In {. }. {Burch Brown} (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.209

The artworks under discussion detail the scope and breadth of art that can be described as spiritual by virtue of its revelatory, revitalizing and contemplative capacities. Rather than interrogating the relationship between art and religion, more per... Read More about Spirituality and Contemporary Art.

Bill Viola and the Sublime (2013)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2013). Bill Viola and the Sublime. In N. Llewellyn, & C. Riding (Eds.), The Art of the Sublime. Tate

The new media art of the 1970s and 1980s offered new possibilities for expressing the sublime. Rina Arya discusses selected works by the video artist Bill Viola in light of romantic notions of the sublime.

Embodiment as Sacrament: Francis Baconʹs Postwar Horror (2013)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2013). Embodiment as Sacrament: Francis Baconʹs Postwar Horror. In J. Romaine, & L. Stratford (Eds.), ReVisioning (311--322). CASCADE

The power of Francis Bacon{\textquoteright}s (1909–1992) art lies, in part, in the contradictory range of responses that it evokes. Some viewers experience his paintings as energetic and uplifting; others react to the despondent and annihilating qual... Read More about Embodiment as Sacrament: Francis Baconʹs Postwar Horror.

Exploring Liminality from an Anthropological Perspective (2012)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2012). Exploring Liminality from an Anthropological Perspective. In D. Harrison (Ed.), Digital Media and Technologies for Virtual Artistic Spaces (159--165). IGI Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2961-5.ch012

The transition from the real to the digital requires a shift of consciousness that can be theorised with recourse to the concept of liminality, which has multidisciplinary currency in psychology and other disciplines in the social sciences, cultural,... Read More about Exploring Liminality from an Anthropological Perspective.

Knowledge and Value in Art (2012)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2012). Knowledge and Value in Art. In {. }. Elkins, & M. Naef (Eds.), What do Artists Know? (175--177). Penn State University Press

The graphic power of Käthe Kollwitz (2012)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2012). The graphic power of Käthe Kollwitz. In P. {Fryer } (Ed.), Women in the Arts in the Belle Epoque (210--224). McFarland and Company, Inc

Art in Sacred Places (2010)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2010). Art in Sacred Places. In L. Holland, & J. Poulton (Eds.), Site, Material, Object (6--9)

The Religious Significance of Violence in Football (2010)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2010). The Religious Significance of Violence in Football. In {. S. }. Christianson, & C. Partridge (Eds.), Holy Terror (122--134). Routledge

The above emotive response was recalled by the late music disc jockey John Peel with reference to the match between Liverpool and AS Roma in the 1984 European Champions Cup Final in Paris. The goal scored by Allen Kennedy was the pivotal moment in th... Read More about The Religious Significance of Violence in Football.