Relational Art

Relational art can be defined as a type of art that encompasses a set of artistic practices which employ a form of departure from the traditional style of creating a art piece. This form of art utilizes the social and human perspective instead of a independent private space. These art works provide for a medium which requires a social gathering in order to appreciate the entire surroundings of the art piece. It also provides for a community like entertainment that a population could critique all at once.  Thus, in relational art works, the audience is engaged as a community rather than a close encounter between an individual and the object of work. The six artist that I used for this theme are Liam Gillick, Angela Bulloch, Felix Gonzalex-Torres, Gillian Wearing, Jens Haaning, and Philippe Parreno.  And now on to the tour of relational art of the 21st century. The exhibit is shown below in the form of comments below the text of the artists.

The first stop on our tour begins with Liam Gillick and his masterpiece Oneunitofenergyoneunitofoutput. His masterpiece ” One unit of energy, one unit of output”, “two ideas two actions”, “three units of input three units of stability”, and “four units of decision four units of operation” which are transcribed on the outer structure of the ring pillars by the main entrance of the Lufthansa Aviation Centre add an abstract version of a entrepreneurial activity which involves the audience or community that attends the aviation centre. This Central idea of this structure is that first it follows the relational art theory that incorporates the audience as a community which gives a stable view of the structure which has populations surrounding it. And Second, the symbolic meaning portrays the world which revolve around energy and output, the idea and the action which has true characteristics of relational art because it leaves the meaning open to context for the audience to relate to in their own personal way.

The next stop on our tour involves the artist Angela Bulloch, whom created a complex yet overwhelming sound and light installation for the Hamburger Bahnhof, the Museum Fur Gegenwart in Berlin Germany. Ultimately the disenchantment of the forest is also a disenchantment of art, whose stage techniques which include  space, time, sound, light, n which these elements  are exposed by the artist. Once again, the structure follows the theme of this tour: relational art which once again incorporated a art medium that leaves the population or the public open to interpretation of the art itself.

Next on the tour is the artist Felix Gonzalex-Torres, whom created an installation for the Museum of modern Art in New York City entitled Projects 34 This project was on display from May 16 to June 30, 1992. Once again, like I stated before in the above projects, the art follows the theme of relational art because it requires the impressions from the surrounding population which can conclude their own subjective or personal thoughts about what it is that they are looking at and second, what they feel while looking at the piece. Two pillows in a white bed could suggest anything…which is exerted what the purpose was intended for.

The fourth artist on this tour of relational art would include the artist Gillian Wearing, the art piece is entitled The sleeping Mask. This piece of art once again leave the audience open to interpretations due to the complex yet simple exploration of a figure that is latex and sleeping. This to me represents a individual whom is tired and exhausted from her life which competes for rest in a timeless place in her frontal cortex of the mind. The mask looks peaceful which to me subjectively speaking determines that if an individual is exhausted, to place the mask in their lives to gain a sense of replenishing rest due to a tiresome life.

The fifth artist on our relational art tour would be Jens Haaning, the art piece An Average Austrian Year Income. This piece to me represents the income of a Austrian within a years time. Now this relates to the theme of this due to the faction that in order to understand this work, one must be an Austrian to relate the culture and life that one individual would acquire in a years time when living in Austria. In addition, Haaning deals primarily with the question of how society constitutes itself and how power is  communicated within a given society.

The last stop on the tour of relational art would be the artist Philippe Parreno. The subject work is The Boy from Mars in which Parreno test and pushes the bounders or abstractism and relationism. In addition, Parreno also pushes the fictional state and realistic state of the art project and the meaning which is to be interpreted between the audiences. In much of his work imaginary constructs are appropriated and transferred to the tangible world. He gave, for example, a ‘real’ life, death and even scent of Japanese culture.  Lastly, this piece follows the theme of relationism and the art that takes place which allows the artist to interact with the audience by creating a piece which gives the individual person a chance to explore there own thoughts.

This completes the tour of relational art and below in the comments include the works of art by each of the six artists that pioneered relational art.

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