PR 596: What's so good about bad art?

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URL/PhilPapers Link:

https://philpapers.org/rec/ALGWSG

Authors

Per Algander

Abstract

Some artworks are aesthetically better than others. But can bad artworks have certain merits in virtue of being bad? Can something be so bad that it is good? In this paper I distinguish several interpretations of the question and consider whether contemporary theories of aesthetic value can render such a claim true. I also present a handful of desirable features which a plausible theory of the value of bad art should satisfy.

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