Intentism

Intentism is an international art movement that was founded by Vittorio Pelosi. Intentists include artists, writers and philosophers(including Professor William Irwin) from England, Ireland, India, North America and South America, and Hong Kong.
Intentists have staged various exhibitons and have spoken at Universities including the University of the Arts London. In 2009 their manifesto was published in Intentism - The Resurrection of the author.

Name and Origin

Intentists come from a variety of backgrounds but are all questionning IDeaS related to the meaning of work. The name Intentism is a response to the debate around intentionality.

Manifesto

Intentists believe that art can convey an artist's intended message to his or her intended audience. As a movement it both recognizes and celebrates the relationship between an artist's creation and its creator.
Intentists believe three principles:
::#Intentists believe that the artist is free to convey his or her intended message. The meaning of the work is found in the artist's intention and not the interpretation of the viewer.All meaning is simply the imperfect outworking of intention.
::#Intentists believe a confused, hidden or denied intention leads to zero accountability.
::#Intentists believe that an omission of artist intention can lead to enforced restrictions on the artist and even censorship.

Artistic Practice

Intentists often celebrate the artist's intentions in the work by including the entire process of creating art in the final piece. Consequently, elements of every editing decision is left in. Intentists call this process Palimpsestism and the Intentional Trail.

The School of Postmodernism

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Vittorio Pelosi's painting The School of Postmodernism, inspired by Raphael's The School of Athens, is one of the best known paintings to come out of the Intentist movement and replaces all of Raphael's Athenian philosophers with Postmodern ICONS. Each figure is attempting an objective depiction of the life model, but their work is subjected to their postmodernist ideologies.

Never Too Late

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Maria Beddoes' work combines a chair that has been passed down through generations of her family with a reworking of her grandfather's 1941 art homework. Mixing textiles with graphics and glass, Beddoes work centres on the difference between change of meaning and association as the chair and artwork carries a new intentional significance.

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