All Outputs (10)

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

Chila Kumari Burman: Shakti, Sexuality and Bindi girls (2012)
Book
Arya, R. (2012). Chila Kumari Burman: Shakti, Sexuality and Bindi girls. KT Press

A monograph on the artist, Chila Kumari Burman, which looks at her work in terms of her South Asian identity, her contribution to the black arts movement and Stuart Hall{\textquoteright}s definitions of “new ethnicities” in contemporary Britain. Rina... Read More about Chila Kumari Burman: Shakti, Sexuality and Bindi girls.

Francis Bacon: Critical and Theoretical Perspectives (2012)
Book
Arya, R. (Ed.). (2012). Francis Bacon: Critical and Theoretical Perspectives. Peter Lang Ltd. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-0353-0389-6

This collection of essays on Francis Bacon (1909-1992) pays tribute to the legacy, influence and power of his art. The volume widens the relevance of Bacon in the twenty-first century and looks at new ways of thinking about or reframing him. The cont... Read More about Francis Bacon: Critical and Theoretical Perspectives.

Francis Bacon: Painting in A Godless World (2012)
Book
Arya, R. (2012). Francis Bacon: Painting in A Godless World. Lund Humphries

Throughout his career, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) made many anti-religious and, more specifically, anti-Christian statements. Bacon was a militant atheist but his atheism was not a simple dismissal of religion and religious belief. He exploited the sy... Read More about Francis Bacon: Painting in A Godless World.

The Neglected Place of Religion in Contemporary Western Art (2012)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2012). The Neglected Place of Religion in Contemporary Western Art. Fieldwork in Religion, 6, 27--46. https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.v6i1.27

In this article I am going to examine some of the artwork of the American video artist Bill Viola to demonstrate the experiences of the religious to which it can give rise. Viola{\textquoteright}s work is a meditation on the central questions and iss... Read More about The Neglected Place of Religion in Contemporary Western Art.

Black feminism in the academy (2012)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2012). Black feminism in the academy. Equality, diversity and inclusion, 31, 556--572. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610151211235523

Purpose - This paper aims to be a critical reflection on the author's position as a Black female academic in the academy, and comes from a motivation to raise Black consciousness about the importance of Black feminist scholarship. Design/methodology/... Read More about Black feminism in the academy.

Ritualized Violence and the Restoration of Community (2012)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2012). Ritualized Violence and the Restoration of Community. Parallax, 18, 32--44. https://doi.org/10.1080/13534645.2012.672241

Constructions of homosexuality in the art of Francis Bacon (2012)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2012). Constructions of homosexuality in the art of Francis Bacon. Journal for Cultural Research, 16, 43--61. https://doi.org/10.1080/14797585.2011.633836

In this article, I contextualise Bacon's representations of homosexuality -- that is, same-sex relations between men. The male nude made its appearance in Bacon's work in the early 1950s, a time when the nude was not a popular subject in painting and... Read More about Constructions of homosexuality in the art of Francis Bacon.