Who?s Afraid of Conceptual Art? is a muchneeded philosophical inquiry intothese questions and more. Peter Goldie and Elisabeth Schellekens first addressand try ... » 

Who?s Afraid of Conceptual Art? is a muchneeded philosophical inquiry intothese questions and more. Peter Goldie and Elisabeth Schellekens first addressand try to clear up much of the puzzlement frustration irritation andresentment felt about conceptual art. Secondly they use conceptual art tobring to life and to reformulate some of the main issues and theories incontemporary philosophical aesthetics. These problems include the wayconceptual art challenges definitions of art why it displaces epistemologicaland cognitive approaches to art making it hard to say what we can know aboutart if anything and why it raises such thorny problems about artisticappreciation and interpretation. The book includes several illustrations of thework of celebrated conceptual artists to bring these issues and theories tolife Sol le Witt Joseph Beuys Joseph Kosuth Bruce Nauman Gilbert andGeorge Michael Craig Martin and Jeremy Deller. Who?s Afraid of ConceptualArt? is essential reading for students of philosophy art and visual studiesand anyone intrigued but perplexed by art in general. «