L’objet à l’œuvre dans l’art des British Young Artists

While an artwork is never merely an object, the relationship between the two has come to define some of the historical evolutions of art, and especially that of the 20th century, going from representation to presentation. The works of the Young British Artists, at the very end of the century, have s...

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Main Author: Charlotte Gould
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires de Rennes 2006-01-01
Series:Revue LISA
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/870
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description While an artwork is never merely an object, the relationship between the two has come to define some of the historical evolutions of art, and especially that of the 20th century, going from representation to presentation. The works of the Young British Artists, at the very end of the century, have suggested a way out of both the dematerialization process inaugurated by some of their elders and the very weighty materialism of the New Sculpture of the eighties with its “truth to material” motto, by adopting a lighter approach, unencumbered with history, which does away with the unbearable heaviness of things.
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