Peter Osborne "October and the Problem of Formalism"

In April 2012 Peter Osborne was invited to give a seminar at MACBA called Whatever happened to theory II. Periodising Contemporary Art (or, What Happened to 'Postmodernism'?). Within this context he gave the lecture entitled October and the Problem of Formalism.

Peter Osborne is Professor of Modern European Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP), Kingston University London, and an editor of the journal Radical Philosophy. His books include The Politics of Time: Modernity and Avant-Garde (1995; 2011), Philosophy in Cultural Theory (2000), Conceptual Art (2002), Marx (2005), Walter Benjamin: Critical Evaluations in Cultural Theory (2005) and in Spanish El arte más allá de la estética. Ensayos filosóficos sobre el arte contemporáneo (2010). He has contributed in catalogue essays to Manifesta 5, Tate Modern, 2006 Biennale of Sydney, Walker Art Center Minneapolis, among others.