Creational Aesthetics and the Challenge of Conceptual Art

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" Creational Aesthetics and the Challenge of Conceptual Art "
Steven Félix-Jäger

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1081821
Doc. No	:	LA125450
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685292-02005005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Steven Félix-Jäger
Title & Author	:	Creational Aesthetics and the Challenge of Conceptual Art [Article]\ Steven Félix-Jäger
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and the Arts
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	20/5
Page No	:	663–673
Abstract	:	A trend in theological aesthetics is to advocate for a “creational aesthetic” when discussing the ontology and calling of the artist. In its essential form, a creational aesthetic affirms that artists honor the Creator God by creating art. In some way artists are functioning as God’s image when they make art. While this view is popular in the Christian engagement of the arts, it is uncertain if such an observation is the preeminent way of understanding the role of the artist. Can one be considered an artist if s/he is removed from the tactile process of making? In the contemporary art world, the role of the artist in visual art has come into question with a stronger emphasis on conceptuality, over and against construction. In this article I argue for an alternate way of understanding creational aesthetics that makes room for conceptuality in art. A trend in theological aesthetics is to advocate for a “creational aesthetic” when discussing the ontology and calling of the artist. In its essential form, a creational aesthetic affirms that artists honor the Creator God by creating art. In some way artists are functioning as God’s image when they make art. While this view is popular in the Christian engagement of the arts, it is uncertain if such an observation is the preeminent way of understanding the role of the artist. Can one be considered an artist if s/he is removed from the tactile process of making? In the contemporary art world, the role of the artist in visual art has come into question with a stronger emphasis on conceptuality, over and against construction. In this article I argue for an alternate way of understanding creational aesthetics that makes room for conceptuality in art.
Descriptor	:	conceptual art
Descriptor	:	contemporary art
Descriptor	:	creation aesthetics
Descriptor	:	doctrine of creation
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685292-02005005‬