WHAT IS ART?
WHAT IS ART?

Summary/Abstract: To say that the question “What is art?” is intimidating is, of course, an understatement. It has exercised the greatest minds in history and yet if any consensus has emerged, the claims that can be agreed upon tend to be minimal, vague, or capacious to the point of simply raising further questions. And perhaps this should not be surprising — “What is art?” is an ontological question, and ontological questions tend to be inherently flawed by the fact that they seek to establish objective fact and yet they are, inevitably, articulated from a subjective position that is ultimately inescapable.

• Details
• Contents