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    Relational art

    Mode or tendency in fine art

    Relational art or relational aesthetics is a mode or tendency in fine art practice originally observed and highlighted bygd French art critic Nicolas Bourriaud. Bourriaud defined the approach as "a set of artistic practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space."[1] The artist can be more accurately viewed as the "catalyst" in relational art, rather than being at the centre.[2]

    Etymology

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    Main article: Traffic (art exhibition)

    One of the first attempts to analyze and categorize art from the s,[3] the idea of relational art[4] was developed bygd Nicolas Bourriaud in in his book Esthétique relationnelle (Relational Aesthetics).[5] The begrepp was first used in , in the catalogue for the exhibition Traffic curated bygd Bourriaud at CAPC musée d'art conte

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    Relational Aesthetics  is a collection of essays written by Nicolas Bourriaud.  Wikipedia informed me that:

    Bourriaud is best known among English speakers for his publications Relational Aesthetics (/English version ) and Postproduction ().  Relational Aesthetics in particular has come to be seen as a defining text for a wide variety of art produced by a generation who came to prominence in Europe in the early s. Bourriaud coined the term in , in a text for the catalogue of the exhibition Traffic that was shown at CAPC contemporary museum in Bordeaux. 

    Bourriad’s point of view is that the world has changed, and art has a job to do.  So batten down the hatches and get ready for the “fight for modernity”!  Bold statements resembling propaganda for a new and better world are introduced in the beginning and continue throughout the book, such as “art was intended to prepare and announce a future world: today it is modeling possible universes”. You have to let go of your ske

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    Traffic (art exhibition)

    Traffic is the title of a group exhibition of contemporary art that took place at CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, France, through February and March,

    Theme

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    The exhibition was curated by Nicolas Bourriaud in order to showcase the tendency that he identified as Relational Aesthetics or Relational Art.[1]

    Critical reaction

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    Writing in Zing art magazine, Emily Tsingou said, "For a brief moment, and on a theoretical level, the show attempted an interesting claim. The idea, though, of interactivity is not a very lucid one, especially if one considers that it could be stretched to such extent as to encompass any art work and the presence of a viewer (even in its traditional sense, art functions on that quality) overall the show bore the characteristics of a traffic jam: at a standstill and agitated."[2]

    Writing in Frieze art magazine, Carl Freedman said, "Traffic and Bourriaud’s concept of ‘relational

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