Artpress Interviews: Hubert Damisch's Legacy

Artpress has released a special issue titled 'Les grands entretiens d'artpress. Hubert Damisch,' featuring a previously unpublished interview with the influential art theorist. The volume includes contributions from Yve-Alain Bois, Catherine Francblin, Nathalie Léger, and Patrick Redelberg, with a preface by Bois. Damisch, known for works such as 'Théorie du nuage,' 'Ruptures-Cultures,' and 'Fenêtre jaune cadmium,' is described as an unclassifiable figure who defined himself as 'a sort of displaced philosopher.' He served as a bridge between phenomenology and structuralism, and was a voracious enthusiast of painting, photography, cinema, and architecture, with deep knowledge of both antiquity and contemporary forms. His love of literature led him to incorporate fiction into his final work. The interview includes the statement: 'I am less interested in what a work may result from than in the effects it can trigger.'