DRAMA AS A FORM OF A TENTACULAR ARTISTIC INSTALLATION IN EUGÈNE IONESCO’S PLAY THE CHAIRS
DRAMA AS A FORM OF A TENTACULAR ARTISTIC INSTALLATION IN EUGÈNE IONESCO’S PLAY THE CHAIRS

Summary/Abstract: This study explores the relationship between visual arts and theatre in Eugène Ionesco’s work, mainly in the play The Chairs. By researching the connection between the two domains of activity it becomes evident that the multiplication of chairs in the play resembles an authentic artistic installation. Furthermore, objects are of great importance in Ionesco’s theatre to the prejudice of words, as is the case with the Pop art movement (where the traditional means of expression are entirely replaced by ordinary objects). Thus, the distance between art and life is narrowed and the object’s serial production refers to a new way of living and creating. All in all, theatre is a form of performing art, as in both domains (one theatrical, the other one pertaining to visual arts) we can identify multiple possibilities for the analysis of the present essay.

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