NATURAL OBJECT OR ELEMENT OF AN ARTWORK? CASE STUDY: ARTISTS, ARTWORKS AND EXHIBITIONS IN CLUJ, ROMANIA
NATURAL OBJECT OR ELEMENT OF AN ARTWORK? CASE STUDY: ARTISTS, ARTWORKS AND EXHIBITIONS IN CLUJ, ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: Natural object or element of an artwork? Case Study: Artists, Artworks and Exhibitions in Cluj, Romania. In this article, we discuss the relationship between art and natural objects such as stuffed animals, skins, bones, dried plants or minerals and their aesthetical value from their position as artworks or elements of an artwork. In Cluj, between 2017 and 2019, artworks and exhibitions which integrate this type of practices and natural history materiality flourished. We aim to compose an inventory that could contribute to the archive of local art events, artworks, and artists in order to serve further analysis of local specificity, which could eventually find relevance in the theoretic approaches of art. In conclusion, we underline some of the theoretical approaches of the dynamics of natural object’s values and of the procedures established by organizations such as museums and galleries.

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