Pratique du divers. La forme, l'atelier, le spectateur et l'exposition. Autour des oggetti in meno (1965-1966) de michelangelo pistoletto et de leurs constructions critiques
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Abstract EN:
This thesis focuses on a group of works by the italian artist michelangelo pistoletto from 1965-66 : the oggetti in meno (minus objects). The oggetti in meno, of which the manifestation immediately precedes the occurrence of the arte povera (that they determine), were chosen due to their possibility to bring to light certain problems concerning contemporary art and the writing of its history. The work presented here is conceived by the double aspect of historical and critical inquiry and description - description here proposed as a method of analysis of the oeuvre in contemporary art. The description of the conditions of appearance of the oggetti in meno (the artist's choice of his studio as the first premises of presentation; the particular utilization of photography) are accompanied by a study of the arte povera and, more generally, the italian artistic scene (role of l'informale, l'arte programmata. . . ) confronted by the international context. My description of these works by pistoletto attempts to bring forth the exempla ry nature of the oggetti in meno as for the relation that they establish with the historical past of italian art, concerning, notably, the thematization of the "tableau" by the works themselves. These investigations and descriptions brought me to designate the group of the oggetti in meno as being born of a "practice of the diverse" which poses the question of the definition of the oeuvre and that of its critical and institutional reception.
Abstract FR:
Cette these porte sur un ensemble d'oeuvres produit et expose par l'artiste italien michelangelo pistoletto en 1965 et 1966 : les oggetti in meno (objets en moins). Les oggetti in meno, dont l'apparition precede immediatement l'avenement de l'arte povera - qu'ils determinent - , ont ete choisis car ils permettent de mettre en lumiere certains des problemes qui se posent a qui traite de l'art contemporain et de l'ecriture de son histoire. Ce travail est realise sous le double mode de l'enquete critique et historique et de la description, description ici proposee comme mode d'analyse de l'oeuvre d'art contemporain. La description des modalites d'apparition des oggetti in meno - choix de l'atelier de l'artiste comme premier lieu de leur mise en vue; usage particulier de la photographie - s'accompagne d'une etude portant sur l'arte povera et, plus generalement, sur la scene artistique italienne - role de l'informale, de l'arte programmata - confrontee au contexte international. La description des pieces fait apparaitre l'exemplarite des oggetti in meno quant a la relation qu'ils etablissent avec le passe artistique italien, a travers notamment la thematisation par les pieces elles-memes du "tableau". Ces enquetes et ces descriptions nous ont conduit a designer l'ensemble des oggetti in meno comme issus d'une "pratique du divers", qui problematise la question de la definition de l'oeuvre et celle de sa reception critique et institutionnelle.