Category Critical Studies

From the sun temples of ancient Egypt to LED counter installations, the concept of time has driven some of the most compelling art ever made. This essay traces the connections between cosmos, time perception and light as artistic subjects - and asks what we have lost by reducing time to a clock.

A critical essay examining the meaning of contemporary art - from Nietzsche and Agamben's philosophy of contemporariness to the Young British Artists, Damian Hirst and Ai Weiwei.