Glossary: Relational Aesthetics

Relational Aesthetics

Term created by curator Nicholas Bourriaud in the 1990s to describe the tendency to make art based on, or inspired by, human relations and their social context.

A set of artistic practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space. (source: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/r/relational-aesthetics )

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Term created by curator Nicholas Bourriaud in the 1990s to describe the tendency to make art based on, or inspired by, human relations and their social context.

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Artworks that are created through actions performed by the artist or other participants, which may be live or recorded, spontaneous or scripted.

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