EXHIBITIONS / TRANSFORMATIVE

02.06.2005 to 18.06.2005

Transformative brings together six artists who explore the translation of materials into conceptual possibilities, and vice versa. A common approach builds on certain historic functions of the readymade, for instance to find a passage between art and it's others and to reaffirm the artist as a catalyst for identifying art-like effects. However compared to the volatile consequences of the first ready-mades, such as the response to Duchamp's Fountain for example, the works in Transformative are more understated both in intention and effect. This is partly because methods for commenting on and transforming non-art into Art have been thoroughly explored throughout the mid and late 20th century by Duchamp and many others, and partly because it is that much more difficult to shock when all manner of art techniques, including the use of shock value itself, have become staples of popular culture.

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