Artistic collaboration and the completion of works of art

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

British Journal of Aesthetics

Publication Date

10-1-2010

Volume

50

Issue

4

First Page

439

Last Page

455

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

We present an analysis of work completion couched in terms of an effective completion decision identified by its characteristic contents and functions. In our proposal, the artist's completion decision can take a number of distinct forms, including a procedural variety referred to as an ‘extended completion decision’. In the second part of this essay, we address ourselves to the question of whether collaborative art-making projects stand as counterexamples to the proposed analysis of work completion.

DOI

10.1093/aesthj/ayq029

Print ISSN

00070904

E-ISSN

14682842

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2010 British Society of Aesthetics

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Language

English

Recommended Citation

Livingston, P., & Archer, C. (2010). Artistic collaboration and the completion of works of art. British Journal of Aesthetics, 50(4), 439-455. doi: 10.1093/aesthj/ayq029

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