Mark Cauchi

Apr 22, 2024 | euppublishing.com | Proposal Guidelines |Catherine Wheatley |Mark Cauchi

In his singular meta-analysis of contemporary art practice and discourse, On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art, the esteemed art historian and theorist James Elkins (2004) observes that, aside from the rare exceptions, religion is seldom mentioned in the [contemporary] art world unless it is linked to criticism, ironic distance, or scandal […] An observer of the art world might well come to the conclusion that religious practice and religious ideas are not relevant to art...