The Phenomenology of New Art in Ortega

Abstract

Ortega's work, like the reality of Isis, has ten thousand faces. It is multifaceted, and due to its creative and discursive approach, progresses without the reflective layers characteristic of a systematic construction. This very nature is the source of its rich layers and its internal complexity. One way of reading it may be to seek the best way to provide coherence. This is what I have attempted in my book on Ortega. However, that will never be the only way to read Ortega. In fact, no interpretation can exhaust the richness of his work. Another approach is to reveal the internal tensions, the flaws, and the discrepancies that emerge when trying to build a cohesive whole from it. This perspective inevitably notices the deep evolutionary motives aimed at suturing the most evident fissures. This latter reading is the one I wish to undertake in this discussion. I hope that, in this way, I will not have to repeat what we might call the more constructive interpretation I have presented in my book.