Abstract

This book is a complex challenging and refreshing approach to artwork in its many aspects and "linkages," to use Krukowski's term. In his consideration of the relation of art theories to artworks that persist and to those that cease being artworks, he poses many questions. His interdisciplinary approach to the meaning of art make this book important for artists, philosophers of art and for the layman as well. As both an active artist and a recognized philosopher, Lucian Krukowski presents both practice and theory in his exploration of the becoming and "demise" of an artwork. His background brings to focus the consideration of art and philosophy as complementary.