Pointure

黑料不打烊

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University of Johannesburg Art Gallery

Johannesburg | South Africa

08 Aug, 2012 - 29 Aug, 2012

Pointure is a metaphor mobilised by Jacques Derrida in his 1978 essay 鈥楻estitutions of the truth in pointing (Pointure)鈥�, relating to the theoretical act of reading paintings, with particular reference to Martin Heidegger and Meyer Shapiro鈥檚 reading of Van Gogh鈥檚 painting/s of empty shoes. The term relates to printing in terms of the small pointed blade used to fix the page to be printed on to the tympan, as well as the hole that it makes in the paper. Derrida also links the practice of shoemaking with the term Pointure. In relation to the primary metaphor of Pointure, Derrida employs a trinity of sub-metaphors: the word 鈥榣ace鈥� is the first of these, referencing to the lacing of a shoe. Lace textiles also come to mind. The French word for 鈥榣ace鈥� is le lacet, which can also mean 鈥榯rap鈥� or 鈥榮nare鈥�. In this sense Van Gogh鈥檚 empty shoes with open laces represent an empty trap, a vacuum of presence to delve into 鈥� where only ghosts can be found. 鈥楪host鈥� is the final metaphor of Pointure.