Påklädning av offentliga skulpturer

• Main Author: Engelbrekt, Marie
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Konstvetenskapliga institutionen 2021
• Subjects: Humanities and the Arts; Humaniora och konst
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-439173

Innehåll/Content: The study concerns the phenomena of human interaction by using temporary object on public sculptures. The purpose was to examine whether the perception of the sculpture changes. I used semiotics, hermeneutic and perception psychology for my analysis. I studied the objects/clothes/sculptures by themselves and their combined expression. I found several purposes of human interaction such as technical, traditional, religious (or other belief), reactivation of a person or deed, artistic, contemporary critic of a social or personal nature. I also conducted a qualitative survey and I dressed up three sculptures. Dressing on sculpture sometimes border into iconoclasm. The cultural context and pre-understanding are crucial for how the viewer reads the expression of meaning. The interaction changes the meaning of the original sculpture and places the sculpture in the present. The design of the sculpture and the color of the object/clothes can strongly influence the expression and interpretation of the temporary work. Human interaction is often contemporary commenting and can be directly connected to the sculpture's design, scale, placement and expression of meaning. It can also be completely disconnected and only used as a canvas. The embedded context gives the viewer an opportunity for selfunderstanding of our existence. The dressed sculpture can actively create it´s social and cultural context. The sculptor's intention is interpreted by the viewer in a dialogue where the viewer can respond through physical clothing or other interaction. My thesis and conclusion are that temporary changes made on public sculptures, with the help of mainly perishable materials, temporarily changes the sculpture's message and the viewer's perception. It is our prejudices about art and artists that prevent us from perceiving the message.