Berg: There you go again! My statement about the necessity of artists' intentions also included the assertion that artists' intentions don't guarantee any meaning for audiences. Intentions may be necessary but they are not sufficient to assure meaning. All artworks, and everything else, are in themselves meaningless. Human meaning is a human construct. Christopher Willard is wrong or you have taken him out of context. wc ----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, October 27, 2012 4:08:36 AM Subject: Re: "The problem with Hegelbs aesthetics is the assumption that the truth of a work of art emerges completely via its conceptual
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:31 PM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > You're right Michael, I should have omitted the word might. I emphatically > agree that the artist must have an intention, however brief or vague or > silly. > wc > - Without intent all painting is meaningless. Christopher Willard
