Artspeak. The Bullshit Language of Art

Polish Journal of Aesthetics 4 (63):15-31 (2021)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Pseudo-profound language is a stylistic means in many different contexts, like advertising, politics, economics, or even science. Contemporary visual art is notoriously known for its variant: artspeak. We develop a syntactical analysis and show how artspeak is constructed. We point out that it is “evocative” bullshit in that it aims at contextualizing art with traditional art myths (i.e., artists are, among other adjectives, autonomous, critical, or free). Furthermore, we argue that artspeak should be regarded as a particular type of bullshit as it features a unique relation to truth.

Links

PhilArchive

External links

  • This entry has no external links. Add one.
Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Different Kinds and Aspects of Bullshit.Hans Maes & Katrien8 Schaubroeck - 2006 - In Hardcastle Reisch (ed.), Bullshit and Philosophy. Chicago: Open Court.
Raising the tone: Definition, bullshit, and the definition of bullshit.Andrew Aberdein - 2006 - In G. Reisch & G. Hardcastle (eds.), Bullshit and Philosophy. Open Court. pp. 151-169.
Argumentative Bullshit.José Ángel Gascón - 2021 - Informal Logic 43 (1):289-308.
A New Take on Deceptive Advertising.Andrew Johnson - 2010 - Business and Professional Ethics Journal 29 (1-4):5-32.
Bullshit, Truth, and Reason.Eldar Sarajlic - 2019 - Philosophia 47 (3):865-879.
Kitsch and Bullshit.Thorsten Botz-Bornstein - 2015 - Philosophy and Literature 39 (2):305-321.
Wittgenstein on Reasonable Doubt and Calling Bullshit.Frank Hernandez - 2021 - Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy 1 (9):74-88.
Our vision and our mission: Bullshit, assertion and belief.Ben Kotzee - 2007 - South African Journal of Philosophy 26 (2):163-175.
On Bullshit.Harry G. Frankfurt - 1986 - Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Kitsch and the Social Pretense Theory of Bullshit Art.Lucas Scripter - 2021 - Polish Journal of Aesthetics 4 (63):47-67.
Bad Language.Herman Cappelen & Josh Dever - 2019 - New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Edited by Josh Dever.
Beyond Bullshit.Chris Gavaler & Nathaniel Goldberg - 2017 - Philosophy Now 121:22-23.
What is Bullshit?John-Michael Kuczynski - 2016 - JOHN-MICHAEL KUCZYNSKI.

Analytics

Added to PP
2022-10-17

Downloads
1,308 (#8,049)

6 months
846 (#1,161)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references