Itself an
art object, the massive (13 pounds-yes, we weighed it) work consists of two volumes housed in a slipcase designed to look like a premium vinyl boxed set, reflecting one of the artist's continuing passions: music.
She believes that such exhibitions educate the public about the story behind every
art object: from its creation and historic context to their travels and biography as well as their preservation in MIA's collection.
Holly (history of art, Williams College) explores the ways art historians engage in melancholic recollection of the past through their study of
art objects. Because the worlds from which past
art objects come from are lost to the art historian, Holly is interested in (1) what the art historian is trying to do by writing about these affectively charged objects and (2) whether the art historian even really encounters the
art object when approached this way.
Engagement with art and culture is very much about exercising intellectual and aesthetic choice; the choice to visit a museum or library and the choice to engage with an
art object in a busy city centre location - or not.
The catalogue has become the actual
art object, which has in turn been dematerialized.
Firm, unyielding bags and luggage work well for this assignment, but anything that's "squashy" and pliable must be stuffed tightly with newspaper to be more easily transformed into an
art object.
To design a building as an iconic
art object is to continue this dissociation.
Nominees were presented with Swarovski's Ray
Art Object, a custom crystal created especially for the evening by Swarovski.
Even with the ability to look at an unlimited amount of art at any time on the Internet, there is no substitute for being in the presence of the actual
art object. On the Internet, as in books, all art has a similar flat, lifeless look.
The application of psychoanalytic concepts to visual art enriches our view of the
art object and the artist by exploring the influence of the artist's life history on his or her artistic productions, as well as the psychological meaning for the artist of the creative process.
The flesh photographer said: "I use the body as a shape - as an
art object, not a sex object."
Each month from February 1950 to January 1951, editor and creator Fleur Cowles hit America's newsstands with a dazzling words-and-pictures melange that was as much an
art object as it was a magazine.
art object - a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece"