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Absential Aesthetics Theory: On Ghosts, Absence, and the Afterlife of Art

Absential Aesthetics Theory: On Ghosts, Absence, and the Afterlife of Art

A philosophical paper exploring the role of absence and negative space in art

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    “In art where there is "abscence", negative or postive space, that area reveals more emotion and conversation than what is visable.”

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