Found and lost : on the object in art

Author

Soutif, Daniel

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Artforum. 1989, Num. 2, Vol. 28, 154-162, 10 ill. (7 col.)

ISSN

0004-3532

Abstract (en)

Proposes a new interpretation for the recurrence of the everyday object in 20th c. art, broader than a simple reenactment of Marcel Duchamp's readymade, and suggests some criteria for esthetic comparison and evaluation of objects-as-art and readymades. Describes the transmutation of the industrial object into a work of art and the art object into a commodity in the context of the "universal expositions" of the late 19th c., and comments on the function and meaning of recent examples of object art.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- New media
• Object art
• Ready-mades
• 1900-2000
• Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
• Universal exhibitions
• Commerce
• Aesthetics
• Consumers
• Art

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Nouvelles formes artistiques
• Object art
• Ready-mades
• 1900-2000
• Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
• Exposition universelle
• Commerce
• Esthétique
• Consommateurs
• Art

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00461210

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