Dr. Jennifer McMahon - The Meta-Ethical Dimension of Art: Eliasson’s Art and Kant’s 'Sensus Communis'
The processes involved in the creation of art and its reception demonstrate the close nexus between moral and aesthetic judgments. I draw upon the art practice of the contemporary Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson and Kant’s concept of Sensus Communis in order to demonstrate that the possibility of art and its reception shares a common source with the possibility of our moral capacity. In this respect, I will offer a demonstration of certain key concepts from Kant’s “Critique of Aesthetic Judgment”.
The lecture will take place on Thursday 28 April, 18.00-19.30, in the River Room, Lewis Glucksman Gallery.
All welcome!
