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Costello, Diarmuid (2021) Conceptual art and aesthetic ideas. Kantian Review, 26 (4). pp. 603-618. doi:10.1017/S1369415421000388 ISSN 1369-4154.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1369415421000388
Abstract
This paper considers whether Kant’s aesthetics withstands the challenge of Conceptual Art. I begin by looking at two competing views of Conceptual Art by recent philosophers, before settling on an ‘inclusive’ view of the form: Conceptual Art includes both ‘strong’ and ‘weak’ non-perceptual art (NPA). I then set out two kinds of conceptual complexity that I argue are implicated by all aesthetic judgements of art (as art) on Kant’s view: the concept of art itself, and the idea the work is meant to express (dependent beauty and aesthetic ideas, respectively). I go on to demonstrate the applicability of Kant’s aesthetics to Conceptual Art by considering two works by Lawrence Weiner, which I take to be a work of work of weak and strong NPA respectively.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 -- Aesthetics -- Criticism and interpretation, Aesthetics, Modern -- 18th century, Aesthetics, Conceptual art, Conceptual art -- Philosophy, Weiner, Lawrence -- Criticism and interpretation | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Kantian Review | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1369-4154 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | December 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 26 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 603-618 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1369415421000388 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form for publication in Kantian Review https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/kantian-review | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | Diarmuid Costello, © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Kantian Review | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 September 2021 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 September 2021 | ||||||||
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