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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Given the Tino Sehgal Case: How to Save the Future of a Work of Art that Materializes Only Temporarily
Contributor:
UMATHUM, SANDRA
Published:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2009
Published in:
Theatre Research International, 34 (2009) 2, Seite 194-199
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/s0307883309004556
ISSN:
1474-0672;
0307-8833
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
This article focuses on German artist Tino Sehgal (born in 1976), whose works of art materialize only temporarily, while they fulfill, at the same time, all the requirements that any work of the visual arts must fulfill if it is to have a lasting existence. In this regard Sehgal's artistic approach not only takes a unique position within the history of art; it also departs fundamentally from the tradition of performance art. This article deals with the way Sehgal tries to save the future of the ephemeral situations his art puts forth, and shows, furthermore, how he thereby confronts questions and problems that performance art has neglected or even generated.