Existentialism and the arts

‘Existentialism’ is the attempt to think about and give expression to the 'human condition' from the supposition that human existence has no intrinsic meaning, purpose or value. That we exist is a fact, the significance of that existence, if any, is up to us to determine.
Given this brief characterisation, existentialist themes often take cultural expression through art, cinema, literature, theatre and in popular culture. We will examine what such works tell us about the human condition.