Art Deconstructed

Is Basquiat a "Punk?" Part III Cool versus Punk

Is Basquiat a "Punk?" Part III Cool versus Punk

However, total and absolute freedom is boundless, and yet, the word “Punk” itself implies a category and set… these things are “punk” and everything else is “non-punk.”

Thus, there is an inherent constraint to every definition.

The Post-Structuralist philosopher Jacques Derrida suggests there is No Absolute Form. This is “tree” and everything else is “non-tree” which helps to define what a Tree actually is.

Subsequently there is no absolute “white man” - Not without “the other” to define him.

This is “diffirence” says Derrida -- Oppositional Post Structuralism…