R.I. P Thomas McEvilley – Art & Otherness
Thomas_McEvilley was an American art critic, poet, novelist and scholar, who was a distinguisted lecturer in art history at Rice University [1] and founder and former chair of the Department of Art Criticism and Writing at the School of Visual Arts in New York City
Thomas McEvilley studied Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, and classical philosophy.
Thomas McEvilley (born 1939, Cincinnati, Ohio – died March 2 2013)
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Directly following the internationally acclaimed Art & Discontent, Thomas McEvilley argues in Art & Otherness for an advanced anthropological perspective that contravenes conventional thinking in the visual arts, and leads to a concept of artistic globalization.
Yves Klein the Provocateur and Pat Steir
14 Poems read by Thomas McEvilley (vimeo)