Practice question · Select all that apply
Which changes put the traditional category of sculpture under strain?
Hints
- Three are structural changes in what a work was; one is a practical matter.
- The base, the object and the destination all went in the same two decades.
Show the answer
- A. Process and instruction produced works with no durable object
- B. The base was removed, putting the work in the viewer's space
- C. The gallery stopped being the destination for the work
Why
The first three happened together and reinforced one another. Once the base was gone, the object was optional and the room was no longer the destination, nothing was left of the category except a history, which is exactly the situation Krauss's essay set out to analyse.
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