Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper critically examines the application of structuralism as a method of interpreting visual art, with a focus on Jacques Derrida’s critique of the concept of the frame as presented in La vérité en peinture. Structuralist methodology seeks to interpret artworks through segmentation and analysis of internal relations. However, Derrida’s notion of the frame challenges the feasibility of defining clear boundaries between an artwork and its context, thereby undermining the foundational premises of structuralist interpretation. By constructing an argument based on these Derridean reflections on the frame, this study highlights the conceptual limitations of structuralism when extended to visual arts.
DOI: 10.33043/gwdp9hx9
Author: Alexander Bak
Institution: Saarland University
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409425789