All Outputs (5)

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.

The fragmented body as an index of abjection (2016)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2016). The fragmented body as an index of abjection. In R. Arya, & N. Chare (Eds.), Abject Visions. Manchester University Press

Wrestling with Angels: The significance of Roy de Maistre's work on Francis Bacon (2016)
Other
Arya, R. (2016). Wrestling with Angels: The significance of Roy de Maistre's work on Francis Bacon

Reflections on the Spiritual in Rothko (2016)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2016). Reflections on the Spiritual in Rothko. Religion and the Arts, 20, 315--335. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685292-02003003

Much has been made of the metaphysical aspects of Mark Rothko's abstract art, especially his classic works of the 1950s and the Seagram murals. The claims for the spirituality of Rothko's work are by no means unique either to his art or to art in gen... Read More about Reflections on the Spiritual in Rothko.

Religion, Spirituality and Secularity (2016)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2016). Religion, Spirituality and Secularity. The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, 24, 131--150. https://doi.org/10.1093/ywcct/mbw007

This chapter responds to a range of contemporary debates in the fields of religion, spirituality and secularism in books published in 2015. The chapter is divided into three sections: 1. The Visual and Material Culture of Religion; 2. Secularism and... Read More about Religion, Spirituality and Secularity.