The Importance of the Authenticity of the Artwork from Audience’s Point of View in Dutton’s Evolutionary Aesthetics

The issue of the originality of the artwork is one of the most important and challenging issues in arts, including performing arts, that has always been discussed by many philosophers and art critics. Despite the fact that the uniqueness of the artwork has been challenged in various aspects recently, ensuring the originality of the artwork remains an important and influential indicator of the aesthetic experience for audiences and has never lost its importance. Dennis Dutton, American philosopher of art, looks at the originality of art from the perspective of the evolutionary theory. He says that in the context of the formation of arts, the mechanism of sexual selection has been at work. In his opinion, the reason for the existence of certain tendencies in the human mind, like being sensitive to the originality of artwork, is due to the role of sexual selection in the formation and maintenance of the arts.