Art, advertising and industrial design through the transposition of pictorial works to consumer objects. Analysis of local and national artists
Art, advertising and industrial design through the transposition of pictorial works to consumer objects. Analysis of local and national artists
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.317472426022
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Palavras-chave: arte, institución, objeto de consumo, industria, diseño.
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Keywords: art, institution, consumer object, industry, design.
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Abstract:
Since the appearance of ready-mades in the 20th century, authors such as Arthur Danto (2004), George Dickie (2005) and Elena Oliveras (2008), from the perspective of the institutional theory of art, have tried to define when there is art, starting from of the thesis that not all everyday objects are works of art, although they could be. This requires that the artist, the public knowledgeable about the subject: art dealers, critics, philosophers, historians, etc. (art world) and “common” spectators, intertwine to give validity and artistic status to which not any object arrives.
Starting from this premise, this research project analyzes the process through which contemporary artists trained in the local and national visual artistic milieu, such as Milo Lockett, Mario Lange, Claudio Baldrich, Germán Toloza, Ricky Crespo, and Felipe Giménez, have has been moving the materiality of his pictorial production to a set of consumer objects, gaining recognition and legitimation at a national level due to the easy assimilation of a simple image, a strident color palette and a “naïve” aesthetic”.At the same time, the work of several of these artists is part of solidarity actions allowing the world of entertainment, the mass media and commercial firms to know and acquire their works “transfigured into consumer objects” (sneakers, clothing, articles bookstores, kitchen, books, glasses, boots, clothing, etc.)
This research seeks to investigate this question by analyzing the limits between art, advertising and industrial design. In other words, starting from the dissemination of the images of the aforementioned artists in consumer products, it seeks to examine when their proposals operate as works of art and when and how they become industrial products.
- María Melania Ojeda Snaider