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    Aesthetic pleasure is not a feature that conceptual art c... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Criticizing conceptual art for failing to yield aesthetic experiences cannot undermine conceptual art on its own grounds.

    Aesthetic pleasure is not a feature that conceptual art claims or aims for.

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    Now, even if it is granted that art need not be aesthetic, it is still possible to hold that conceptual art does not qualify as good art because it does not (aim to) yield aesthetic experiences. But while this may be a viable position to hold in relation to the project of conceptual art in general, it cannot be used to attack conceptual art on its own grounds. Saying, for example, of Michael Craig-Martin’s An Oak Tree that one cannot consider it a great work of art because it fails to give rise

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