The Importance of Intentionalism in Art

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Tamler: How much of interpretation in art boils down to knowing the intentions of the artist? Tamler: There's just actually like a lot, a lot of scholarship on the topic. He says one view is that once the artwork is produced, it's out in the world and it belongs to everybody. Tamler: One example we could focus on is the Juilliard scene where Todd Field was interviewed about what he did at Juilliard.

What’s the meaning of a work of art? Does the text mean just what the author intends it to mean? Does it matter what Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark thinks about the end of 2001? Or is the artist’s interpretation just one interpretation among many once the text is out in the world? We explore the question of authorial intent, and brace yourselves - this is just about as postmodern as David gets.

Plus – do we have what it takes to get an invite to the thought criminals club?

Links

The Party is Canceled [newyorker.com]

Was I Wrong About The Irishman? by Thomas Flight [youtube.com]

Authorial Intent [wikipedia.org]