He identified several artists whose work represented a shift away
from traditional art objects and viewer experiences toward more participatory, communal and socially interactive art forms.
In the late 60s NewJersey — born Peter Downsbrough dispensed with the production
of traditional art objects in favor of a phenomenological exploration of space, through photography,...
Some of the most famous works of the Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija eschew
traditional art objects in favor of social interventions, including cooking large meals in galleries and at events like Frieze Art Fair.
My contribution examines studio space, and how some artists
making traditional art objects (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.) are rethinking the studio paradigm.
By
infusing traditional art objects with qualities inherent to practices like performance and architecture, the artists are blurring the distinctions between all of these modes of creation in order to create new and dynamic possibilities.
[7] In one of his best - known series, begun with pad thai (1990) at the Paula Allen Gallery in New York, he
rejected traditional art objects altogether and instead cooked and served food for exhibition visitors.
His work goes beyond the boundaries of
the traditional art object.
As a sculptor using light and shadow extending beyond the boundaries of
the traditional art object, he has a clear affinity with the pioneering work of Moholy - Nagy.
I might call the impulse instead a dissolution of painting or sculpture — of
any traditional art object — into the theater of a viewer's environment.
And, while painting has certainly been subject to a reappraisal during the last few decades as postmodern theory, conceptual and time - based art practices have challenged the primacy of painting and increasingly advocated for the dematerialization of
the traditional art object, the tenets and practice of painting far from disappearing or being weakened by this realignment, have indeed emerged revitalized and re-imagined in the hand of many a creative practioner.
The projects of avaf go beyond the boundaries of
the traditional art object and takes form as large site - specific installations, performances and happenings.
Video thus was part of a more general questioning of
the traditional art object through nonmarketable art forms such as performance, conceptual art, land art and body art.
In each case, the artist used nontraditional materials to create what appears to be
a traditional art object.