Foucault News

News and resources on French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

Magritte and Foucault at Moderna Museet until 6 November Stockholm 1 September 2011 – 6 November 2011 “Moderna Museet Essä” is a new series of essays published by the Modern Museeum of Stockholm and Axl Books. The first essay was written by Lars O Ericsson : Magritte – Foucault. Om orden och tingen (Magritte-Foucault. Worlds …

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Anthony Merino, Politics of Perception: Post-Foucauldian Ceramics [Kindle Edition] Tony Dubis-Merino (Illustrator), Pam Luke (Editor) , 2011 Description Whether due to his insight or influence, Foucault’s mixture of cynicism, paranoia and obsession with power mirrors our current cultural zeitgeist. His thoughts resonate on both thin edges of the American political thought. On the left, consider …

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Anders Fogh Jensen and Rasmus Svarre Hansen, Cartographier le pouvoir: Foucault et Bourdieu Cartographier le pouvoir est un livre illustré qui tente de reformuler les théories de Foucault et de Bourdieu dans une langue simple et au moyen de dessins expressifs. The Cartography of Power is a picture book which recounts Foucault and Bourdieu’s theories …

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ANNA BETBEZE: ‘Moss Garden’ Kate Werble Gallery 83 Vandam Street SoHo New York Until March 12 2011 Review by Karen Rosenberg Flokati rugs, those fluffy white coverings traditionally handmade in the Pindus Mountains in Europe and prized by contemporary designers, become wild-and-woolly wall reliefs in Anna Betbeze’s first New York solo. Ms. Betbeze dyes, scorches, …

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