
Philosophy in the Boudoir - To Libertines' by The Marquis de Sade (1795)
2004
A work by Cerith Wyn Evans that takes its title from the Marquis de Sade's incendiary 1795 text, invoking the transgressive philosophical dialogues of the Enlightenment's darkest provocateur. Evans channels de Sade's treatise — a manifesto addressed directly to libertines, intertwining sexual freedom with radical political thought — into a contemporary conceptual framework. The piece reflects Evans' broader practice of drawing on literary and philosophical sources to interrogate desire, power, and the boundaries of language and form.
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