After Nature

“In times of crisis, such as the one we live in today, the dream often arises that art and literature will come to our rescue... Art must take a stand, embody a form of ethics, “mean something”, and ultimately work, that is, create change in the concrete world.” After Nature seeks an aesthetic vision for the experience of art and literature. Through the reading of a number of artworks from the Glyptotek’s collection, Josefine Klougart draws lines of connection between art and literature and reflects on the cognition of aesthetics. After nature discusses how art and literature can be political, what demands can actually be placed on it. The book gives a unique insight into the thoughts behind the author’s own books, and it is an important contribution to the discussion about the role of art in society today and in the future. It is, among other things, a vision of an aesthetic and social