Aesthetics, Philosophy and Martin Creed

Dr Elisabeth Schellekens, Davide Dal Sasso, Tiziana Andina

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Bloomsbury Academic
28 December 2023

Theory of art; Philosophy: aesthetics

Series: Aesthetics and Contemporary Art

What is the future of conceptualism? What expressions can it take in the 21st century? Is there a new role for aesthetic experience in art and, if so, what is that role exactly? Aesthetics, Philosophy and Martin Creed uses one of this generation’s most important and influential artists to address themes crucial to contemporary aesthetics.

Working in an impressive variety of artistic media, Creed represents a strikingly innovative take on conceptualism. Through his ingenious and thought-provoking work, a team of international philosophers, jurists and art historians illustrate how Creed epitomizes several questions central to philosophical aesthetics today and provides a glimpse of the future both of art and aesthetic discourse. They discuss key concepts for Creed’s work, including immediacy (in his photographs of smiling people), compositional order (in his geometric paintings), simplicity (in Work No. 218, a sheet paper crumpled into a ball) and shamelessness (in his videos of vomiting people).

By bringing a working artist into the heart of academic discussions, Aesthetics, Philosophy and Martin Creed highlights the relevance of philosophical discussions of art to understanding art today.

Edited by: Dr Elisabeth Schellekens, Davide Dal Sasso, Tiziana Andina
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350291799
ISBN 10: 135029179X
Series: Aesthetics and Contemporary Art
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 28 December 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction, Elisabeth Schellekens (Uppsala University, Sweden) and Davide Dal Sasso (University of Turin, Italy) Statements, Martin Creed 1. Where in the (Art)World is Martin Creed?, David Davies (McGill University, Canada) 2. Martin Creed’s ‘Workless’ Works of Art, Karen E. Gover (Harvard Law School, USA) 3. S T U P I D A R T, Diarmuid Costello (University of Warwick, UK) 4. How Not to Be an Uncollectible Artist, Alessandra Donati (University of Milano-Bicocca and Nuova Accademia Belle Arti, Italy) and Anna Pirri Valentini (LUISS University and NABA-Nuova Accademia Belle Arti, Italy) 5. An Expression of the Essential: Martin Creed and the Celebration of the Ordinary, Davide Dal Sasso (University of Turin, Italy) 6. Martin Creed: Conceptual Art and More, Elisa Caldarola (University of Padova, Italy) 7. The Logical and The Phenomenological in Martin Creed’s Chairs, Gregory Minissale (University of Auckland, New Zealand) 8. Which ‘Martin Creed’? Or Switching from Insignificance to Significance, Clive Cazeaux (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK) 9. Process Art as an Aesthetic Alternative: Martin Creed’s Glasgow Connection, Diego Mantoan (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy) Bibliography Index (name) Index (topics)

Elisabeth Schellekens is Chair Professor of Aesthetics at Uppsala University, Sweden. Davide Dal Sasso is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy at Università di Torino, Italy.

Reviews for Aesthetics, Philosophy and Martin Creed

From the room filled with balloons to a crumpled piece of paper, Martin Creed’s art has both intrigued and infuriated his audiences. This thought-provoking volume peers beyond the controversy. The essays masterfully reveal the dilemmas at the centre of Creed’s art, and demonstrate what philosophically informed art criticism is today. * Vid Simoniti, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Liverpool, UK * Making stupid art is far from stupid. If you want to understand why that is, or if you’ve ever wondered how Martin Creed’s work can be so radically simple and yet also utterly complex, you should read this book. It’s an eye-opener. * Hans Maes, Senior Lecturer History and Philosophy of Art, University of Kent, UK * By bringing cutting-edge philosophical ideas to bear on the work of one of the most resourceful and intriguing contemporary artists, this collection of essays provides a compelling analysis of the questions of meaning – and meaninglessness – that lie at the heart of Creed’s practice. * Jason Gaiger, Professor of Aesthetics and Art Theory, University of Oxford, UK *