There is a lot to consider when talking about the art institution and the history or issues associated.
I guess I would like to see the link that Relational Aesthetics has with the Art institution after reading the text by Alexander Alberro.
In the article it refers to Institutional critique which aims to unite art with the everyday rather than the idea of high art.
Relational aesthetics references the every day and involves public interaction. As Ramsden and Rosler mention in the texts reffered to in the article, there is the desire to reintegrate art in to the every day and to work for people outside the audiences of High art. But is art for everyone, which we talked about last week. Do the audiences grasp the ideas behind the art. Does that matter to the artists anyway?
The idea that is brought up that "Art should no longer be venerated in specially designated spaces.. Art should deal with reality, grapple with political circumstances, and work out proposals for improving human coexistence."
Relational aesthetics certainly does deal with the public interacting and coexisting but in terms of the art being venerated in specially designated spaces, perhaps the works of relational aesthetics would not be succesful out of their context. By this I mean to question that without the works being placed in the gallery setting, the works are often just social interaction which can take place without the institution. Can the works function outside the gallery?
Also if the main interest is in the social interactions, then what is the significance of some of the material aspects of the work, for example Gillick and that he doesn't mind if peoples backs are turned to the works.
It would also be intersting to know more about the exchange value of such works which often can not be bought as there is still the need to fund the artists practice.
In the works of Asher the critique of the institution seems to be quite obvious. I suppose I am trying to better understand the link between the Relational Aesthetics and Institutional critique.
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