Date of Award
2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Edidin, Aron
Area of Concentration
General Studies
Abstract
The philosophy of food is an expansive topic, but most people recognize it for its contributions to ethics rather than aesthetics. Examining the potential categorization of food as art leads to a fuller understanding of art on its own terms, especially within a twentieth/twenty-first century, post-Duchampian context. Conceptual art in particular builds on a framework that espouses the concept as a medium, rejects a purely visual aesthetic, and blurs lines of form and content. Emphasizing context, conceptual artists--some of whom work with food as a medium--reject most of the categories that exclude food from art. In sketching a philosophically-informed art practice of food, it is essential to question art, and to compare the ways in which art and food work.
Recommended Citation
Gale, Miranda, "Wittgenstein's Coffee: An Exploration of Food/Art, Conceptual Art, and Context" (2018). Theses & ETDs. 5514.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/5514