Bourriaud claims that "...the contemporary work of art does not position itself as the termination point of the 'creative process' (a finished product to be contemplated) but as a site of navigation, a portal, a generator of activities." (Bourriaud, 19).
I have several questions about this comment:
-Does this negate the meaning of 'finished' in contemporary art? Does art in this genre not occupy a discrete point in time/space?
-If this is true, then wouldn't the most pure work of postproduction art be one in which the artist merely sets the stage for interactions between others, doing as little as possible to interfere? And wouldn't this, by extension, negate their status as artist? Wouldn't the title of artist then be shared equally by all those participating in the action?
The images below are of Rudolf Stingel's 2007 installation at the MCA Chicago, where he covered all the walls with foam and tinfoil, then allowed people to mark the walls as they saw fit. The MCA wrote the following of his installation, "Asking the viewer to participate in his work, Stingel examines this collaborative act which involves first the making of the artwork and then the perception of the finished artwork. This exploration is intended to demystify both the process of creating art and the idea of art."
Rudolf Stingel, 2007, Installation in the foyer of the MCA Chicago
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