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i ART BEYOND REPRESENTATION The Performative Power of the Image ii iii ART BEYOND REPRESENTATION The Performative Power of the Image BARBARA BOLT iv Published in 2004 by I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road, London, W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com In the United States of America and in Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 Copyright © Barbara Bolt, 2004 The right of Barbara Bolt to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN 1 85043 410 7 (HB) 1 85043 411 5 (PB) EAN 978 1 85043 410 8 (HB) 978 1 85043 411 5 (PB) A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress catalog card: available Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin v For Estelle vi vii CONTENTS Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction viii ix 1 Transcending Representationalism 11 Contingency and the Emergence of Art 52 The “Work” of Art 87 Shedding Light for the Matter 123 Working Hot: A Materialist Ontology 149 Conclusion 187 Notes 191 References 201 viii ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Barb Bolt, Reading Fiction, 1995 2 2. Barb Bolt, Reading Theory, 1995 3 ix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book is dedicated to Estelle Barrett. Her encouragement and unstinting support took many forms, ranging from that of sitter, confidant and conversationalist to that of intellectual and editorial adviser. The final form of this book emerged as a testament to a collaboration between two people with mutual intellectual interests. I would also like to thank Susan Lawson, editor for I.B.Tauris. Without her generous and enthusiastic endorsement, this book would not have been possible. I am greatly indebted to both the University of Melbourne and the University of Sunshine Coast for supporting me in the preparation and publication of this book. In particular I would like to acknowledge the contribution of Professor Robert Elliot, from the University of Sunshine Coast, whose advice helped set this project on its way into book form. This book emerged from my Ph.D thesis which was completed through Murdoch University. I would like to thank Alec McHoul for his ongoing advice and support. His insistence on careful analysis and close attention to detail enabled me to develop discipline in both my research and writing. Additionally I would like to thank Marion Campbell, Michael O’Toole and Cathy Waldby, for their encouragement in the early phases of this project. Their support helped me to secure a Murdoch University Research Scholarship and two travelling awards, which allowed me to travel overseas to attend the Transformations conference at Lancaster in 1997 and the Going Australian: Reconfiguring Feminism and Philosophy conference at Warwick in 1998. A grant from Arts WA and the Visual Arts and Crafts Board of Australia also assisted in these ventures. I am indebted to the organizers of Going Australian, particularly Christine Battersby, Rachel Jones and Judy Purdom, for giving me the courage to take a different path from the one I was on. I would also like to acknowledge