On “ When Is Art ” In Goodman's Artistic Theory

As a philosopher of art,Goodman regards art as a way of knowing and constructing the world,trying to explore the essence of art from the philosophical theory of semiotics and structuralism.In his view,confirming the legitimacy of art works cannot be separated from some factors,such as what about itself,how the art context is and when it can be recognized.When he realized that the aesthetes tried to explain the art by "What Is Art" and "What Art Is" is so embarrassed,he stressed that we should change the way of questioning the question,that is,"When Is Art"."When Is Art" as the core view of Goodman's philosophy of art,refers to the symbolic symbol of the object at what time,what kind of context,through what way to achieve its symbol as a work of art.Goodman's view seems to have changed only a way of asking for art,but in essence it is the transformation of the artistic definition path: based on the confirmation of the artistic symbolic attribute,from the question of artistic ontology to the exploration of the artistic creation context,from the confirmation of the aesthetic attributes of art to the recognition of artistic recognition tools."When Is Art" with the symbolic attribute of art as a prerequisite,emphasizing that the object become artistic symbol requires timeliness and context,that is,the object become art is a process of contextualization.On this basis,Goodman enriches the epistemological turn of art,emphasizing that the art of symbols is essentially a cognitive framework designed to advance our understanding of the world,whose symbolic meaning determines how the art can be viewed and how can be understood,that is,how the attributes of the object of the artistic symbol attribute how to be achieved.Based on the development of western contemporary artistic history,"When Is Art" is an interpretation of the epistemological turn of art,which is a metaphor of concept transformation of western contemporary art from autonomy to heteronomy,from essence to system,from aesthetic to interpretive.The transformation of western contemporary art emphasizes the reconstruction of contemporary artistic theory and paradigm,which is of great significance to reinterpret contemporary art practice.Therefore,it is possible to discuss the contemporary artistic practice in this view,it can provide a reasonable theoretical discourse dimension for the artistic limit,pan-aesthetic acceptance and disenchantment in the context of the post-aesthetic era,of the consumer age and of the era of mechanical reproduction,where we can provide the theoretical possibility for the interpretation of contemporary forms of artistic practice.