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ID: 300435204
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300435204

 

Record Type: concept
Context Art (<post-1945 fine arts styles and movements>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, ... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name))

 

Note: A term referring to an artmaking practice or trend coined in the early 1990s. Context Art highlights the interaction between artists and social situations, and the formal, social, and ideological conditions of the artist's production, in contrast to the functions of traditional art. The term "Kontext-Kunst" was introduced by the Austrian curator Peter Weibel in an exhibition of the same name.
 
Terms:
Context Art (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
Kontext-Kunst (C,U,English,UF,L,N)
Kontext-Kunst (German,UF,U,N)
Kontext-Kunst (French-P,D,U,N)
art contextuel (C,U,French,UF,U,SN)
Kontext Kunst (C,U,German-P,D,U,N)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  F.FL

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Styles and Periods Facet
Styles and Periods Facet
Hierarchy of Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
.... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <styles, periods, and cultures by region>
........ <styles, periods, and cultures by region> (G)
Hierarchy of <international post-1945 styles and movements>
............ <international post-1945 styles and movements> (G)
Hierarchy of <post-1945 fine arts styles and movements>
................ <post-1945 fine arts styles and movements> (G)
Hierarchy of Context Art
.................... Context Art (G)

Additional Notes:
French ..... Terme renvoyant à une pratique artistique ou à une tendance apparue au début des années 1990. L’art contextuel privilégie l’interaction entre les artistes et les situations sociales, de même que les conditions formelles, sociales et idéologiques de la production de l’artiste, par opposition aux fonctions de l’art traditionnel. Le terme « Kontext-Kunst » est attribué au curateur autrichien Peter Weibel dans le cadre d’une exposition du même nom. 

Related concepts:
related to ....  Relational art
..................  (<post-1945 fine arts styles and movements>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, ... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) [300391190]

Sources and Contributors:
art contextuel............  [BEINFRAT ]
.............................  BEINFRAT-network (2022)
Context Art............  [VP Preferred]
.......................  "Context Kunstlers: Liam Gillick Treats the Concept of Context Art with Caution." Art Monthly (1994)
.......................  Hofleitner, Kontext Kunst Context Art], Flash Art (1994)
.......................  Widewalls [online] (2019-) "Context Art;" accessed 19 June 2019
Kontext-Kunst............  [BEINFRAT Preferred, Belvedere Preferred, VP]
..........................  Archiv des Belvedere database: Künstlerdokumentation (n.d.)
..........................  BEINFRAT-network (2022)
Kontext Kunst............  [VP]
..........................  Hofleitner, Kontext Kunst Context Art], Flash Art (1994)
 
Subject: .....  [BEINFRAT , VP]
............  BEINFRAT-network (2022)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Widewalls [online] (2019-) "Context Art;" accessed 19 June 2019
French .......... [BEINFRAT ]
.......... BEINFRAT-network (2022)

 

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