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OverviewThe analytic philosophers writing here engage with the cluster of philosophical questions raised by conceptual art. They address four broad questions: What kind of art is conceptual art? What follows from the fact that conceptual art does not aim to have aesthetic value? What knowledge or understanding can we gain from conceptual art? How ought we to appreciate conceptual art? Conceptual art, broadly understood by the contributors as beginning with Marcel Duchamp's ready-mades and as continuing beyond the 1970s to include some of today's contemporary art, is grounded in the notion that the artist's 'idea' is central to art, and, contrary to tradition, that the material work is by no means essential to the art as such. To use the words of the conceptual artist Sol LeWitt, 'In conceptual art the idea of the concept is the most important aspect of the work . . . and the execution is a perfunctory affair'. Given this so-called 'dematerialization' of the art object, the emphasis on cognitive value, and the frequent appeal to philosophy by many conceptual artists, there are many questions that are raised by conceptual art that should be of interest to analytic philosophers. Why, then, has so little work been done in this area? This volume is most probably the first collection of papers by analytic philosophers tackling these concerns head-on. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Goldie (University of Manchester) , Elisabeth Schellekens (Durham University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.479kg ISBN: 9780199568253ISBN 10: 0199568251 Pages: 308 Publication Date: 18 June 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction I. Conceptual art as a kind of art 1: Peter Lamarque: On perceiving conceptual art 2: Derek Matravers: The dematerialization of the art object 3: Gregory Currie: The ontology of conceptual art 4: Robert Hopkins: Speaking through silence: conceptual art and conversational implicature II. Conceptual art and aesthetic value 5: Elisabeth Schellekens: The aesthetic value of ideas 6: Diarmuid Costello: Kant After LeWitt: Towards an aesthetics of conceptual art III. Conceptual art, knowledge and understanding 7: Carolyn Wilde: Mind and matter in the work of art: One and Three Chairs 8: David Davies: Telling Pictures: the place of narrative in late modern 'visual art' 9: Peter Goldie: Conceptual art and knowledge 10: Kathleen Stock: Sartre, Wittgenstein, and learning from imagination IV. Appreciating conceptual art 11: Matthew Kieran: Artistic character, creativity, and the appreciation of conceptual art 12: Margaret Boden: Creativity and conceptual art 13: Dominic McIver Lopes: Conceptual art is not what it seems 14: Art & Language: Emergency ConditionalsReviewsA healthy corrective to limited discussion can be had in Philosophy and Conceptual Art...many of the essays are illuminating and sophisticated...These artists smartly articulate a symbiosis or thorough melding of making and thinking, artistic practice and discursive critique. Kirk E. Pillow MIND Author InformationProfessor Peter Goldie was Samuel Hall Chair and Head of Philosophy at Manchester University Elisabeth Schellekens is Senior Lecturer of Philosophy at the University of Durham Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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