Sherri Irvin
Biographic Data
| ID | 362186 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sherri Irvin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sherri |
| FAMILY NAME | Irvin |
| SIGNATURE | IRVIN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oklahoma |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8020-1632 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Videos, Police Violence, and Scrutiny of the Black Body
Authenticity, Misunderstanding, and Institutional Responsibility in Contemporary Art
This paper addresses two questions about audience misunderstandings of contemporary art. First, what is the institution's responsibility to prevent predictable misunderstandings about the nature of a contemporary artwork, and how should this responsibility be balanced against other considerations? Second, can an institution ever be justified in intentionally mounting an inauthentic display of an artwork, given that such displays are likely to mis…
After Trayvon: Voices From the Academy Respond to a Tragedy
This discussion among a community at the University of Oklahoma came from work presented at an event called 'After Trayvon.' Several issues about social justice, African-American bodies, the experience of microagressions, the role and responsibility of local police, and the critical roles of history and the media were discussed in a forum with the public
Teaching and Learning Guide for: Authors, Intentions and Literary Meaning
Author's IntroductionThe relationship of the author's intention to the meaning of a literary work has been a persistently controversial topic in aesthetics. Anti-intentionalists Wimsatt and Beardsley, in the 1946 paper that launched the debate, accused critics who fueled their interpretative activity by poring over the author's private diaries and life story of committing the 'fallacy' of equating the work's meaning, properly determined by contex…
The Pervasiveness of the Aesthetic in Ordinary Experience
I argue that the experiences of everyday life are replete with aesthetic character, though this fact has been largely neglected within contemporary aesthetics. As against Dewey's account of aesthetic experience, I suggest that the fact that many everyday experiences are simple, lacking in unity or closure, and characterized by limited or fragmented awareness does not disqualify them from aesthetic consideration. Aesthetic attention to the domain …
Museums and the shaping of contemporary artworks
In the museum context, curators and conservators often play a role in shaping the nature of contemporary artworks. Before, during and after the acquisition of an art object, curators and conservators engage in dialogue with the artist about how the object should be exhibited and conserved. As a part of this dialogue, the artist may express specifications for the display and conservation of the object, thereby fixing characteristics of the artwork…
Authors, Intentions and Literary Meaning
This article discusses the relationship (or lack thereof) between authors' intentions and the meaning of literary works. It considers the advantages and disadvantages of Extreme and Modest Actual Intentionalism, Conventionalism, and two versions of Hypothetical Intentionalism, and discusses the role that one's theoretical commitments about the robustness of linguistic conventions and the publicity of literary works should play in determining whic…
Appropriation and Authorship in Contemporary Art
Journal Article Appropriation and Authorship in Contemporary Art Get access Sherri Irvin Sherri Irvin Sherri Irvin, Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 45, Issue 2, APRIL 2005, Pages 123–137, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayi015 Publis…
Artworks and Representational Properties
A sustained challenge to the view that artworks are physical objects relates to the alleged inability of physical objects to possess representational properties, which some artworks clearly do possess. I argue that the challenge is subject to confusions about representational properties and aesthetic experience. I show that a challenge to artwork-object identity put forward by Danto is vulnerable to a similar criticism. I conclude by noting that …
The Pervasiveness of the Aesthetic in Ordinary Experience
I argue that the experiences of everyday life are replete with aesthetic character, though this fact has been largely neglected within contemporary aesthetics. As against Dewey's account of aesthetic experience, I suggest that the fact that many everyday experiences are simple, lacking in unity or closure, and characterized by limited or fragmented awareness does not disqualify them from aesthetic consideration. Aesthetic attention to the domain …
Authors, Intentions and Literary Meaning
This article discusses the relationship (or lack thereof) between authors' intentions and the meaning of literary works. It considers the advantages and disadvantages of Extreme and Modest Actual Intentionalism, Conventionalism, and two versions of Hypothetical Intentionalism, and discusses the role that one's theoretical commitments about the robustness of linguistic conventions and the publicity of literary works should play in determining whic…
Appropriation and Authorship in Contemporary Art
Journal Article Appropriation and Authorship in Contemporary Art Get access Sherri Irvin Sherri Irvin Sherri Irvin, Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 45, Issue 2, APRIL 2005, Pages 123–137, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayi015 Publis…
Museums and the shaping of contemporary artworks
In the museum context, curators and conservators often play a role in shaping the nature of contemporary artworks. Before, during and after the acquisition of an art object, curators and conservators engage in dialogue with the artist about how the object should be exhibited and conserved. As a part of this dialogue, the artist may express specifications for the display and conservation of the object, thereby fixing characteristics of the artwork…
Authenticity, Misunderstanding, and Institutional Responsibility in Contemporary Art
This paper addresses two questions about audience misunderstandings of contemporary art. First, what is the institution's responsibility to prevent predictable misunderstandings about the nature of a contemporary artwork, and how should this responsibility be balanced against other considerations? Second, can an institution ever be justified in intentionally mounting an inauthentic display of an artwork, given that such displays are likely to mis…
After Trayvon: Voices From the Academy Respond to a Tragedy
This discussion among a community at the University of Oklahoma came from work presented at an event called 'After Trayvon.' Several issues about social justice, African-American bodies, the experience of microagressions, the role and responsibility of local police, and the critical roles of history and the media were discussed in a forum with the public
Artworks and Representational Properties
A sustained challenge to the view that artworks are physical objects relates to the alleged inability of physical objects to possess representational properties, which some artworks clearly do possess. I argue that the challenge is subject to confusions about representational properties and aesthetic experience. I show that a challenge to artwork-object identity put forward by Danto is vulnerable to a similar criticism. I conclude by noting that …
Appropriation and Authorship in Contemporary Art
Journal Article Appropriation and Authorship in Contemporary Art Get access Sherri Irvin Sherri Irvin Sherri Irvin, Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 45, Issue 2, APRIL 2005, Pages 123–137, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayi015 Publis…
Museums and the shaping of contemporary artworks
In the museum context, curators and conservators often play a role in shaping the nature of contemporary artworks. Before, during and after the acquisition of an art object, curators and conservators engage in dialogue with the artist about how the object should be exhibited and conserved. As a part of this dialogue, the artist may express specifications for the display and conservation of the object, thereby fixing characteristics of the artwork…
Authors, Intentions and Literary Meaning
This article discusses the relationship (or lack thereof) between authors' intentions and the meaning of literary works. It considers the advantages and disadvantages of Extreme and Modest Actual Intentionalism, Conventionalism, and two versions of Hypothetical Intentionalism, and discusses the role that one's theoretical commitments about the robustness of linguistic conventions and the publicity of literary works should play in determining whic…
The Pervasiveness of the Aesthetic in Ordinary Experience
I argue that the experiences of everyday life are replete with aesthetic character, though this fact has been largely neglected within contemporary aesthetics. As against Dewey's account of aesthetic experience, I suggest that the fact that many everyday experiences are simple, lacking in unity or closure, and characterized by limited or fragmented awareness does not disqualify them from aesthetic consideration. Aesthetic attention to the domain …
Teaching and Learning Guide for: Authors, Intentions and Literary Meaning
Author's IntroductionThe relationship of the author's intention to the meaning of a literary work has been a persistently controversial topic in aesthetics. Anti-intentionalists Wimsatt and Beardsley, in the 1946 paper that launched the debate, accused critics who fueled their interpretative activity by poring over the author's private diaries and life story of committing the 'fallacy' of equating the work's meaning, properly determined by contex…
After Trayvon: Voices From the Academy Respond to a Tragedy
This discussion among a community at the University of Oklahoma came from work presented at an event called 'After Trayvon.' Several issues about social justice, African-American bodies, the experience of microagressions, the role and responsibility of local police, and the critical roles of history and the media were discussed in a forum with the public
Authenticity, Misunderstanding, and Institutional Responsibility in Contemporary Art
This paper addresses two questions about audience misunderstandings of contemporary art. First, what is the institution's responsibility to prevent predictable misunderstandings about the nature of a contemporary artwork, and how should this responsibility be balanced against other considerations? Second, can an institution ever be justified in intentionally mounting an inauthentic display of an artwork, given that such displays are likely to mis…
Videos, Police Violence, and Scrutiny of the Black Body
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