Abstract

GODOY, Iván. Horror vacui An Approach to the Emptiness of a Pair of Shoes on the basis of Martin Heidegger’s Thought. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2017, vol.66, n.165, pp.111-132. ISSN 0120-0062.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v66n165.49010.

Shoes are not only useful; they are also our constant companions, and, as such, they attest to different truths, depending on their utility and their owner. They can belong to vagabonds or prisoners, to soldiers, artists, or peasants, to adults or children, to murderers or victims Many conceal a mystery, and they all have a history. Since its beginnings, art has included them and linked them to diverse events, as is the case in the works of Vincent Van Gogh, Can Togay, and Gyula Pauer. On the basis of the work of these artists, the article connects emptiness and horror in art with truth, understood as alétheia or unconcealment, remembrance, and event, and inquires into the hidden story of certain artworks.

Keywords : V. van Gogh; G. Pauer; C. Togay; art; truth; shoes.

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