Talk:Wrapped Reichstag

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Visual arts, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of visual arts on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Visual artsWikipedia:WikiProject Visual artsTemplate:WikiProject Visual artsvisual arts

Germany Low‑importance

	Germany portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Germany, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Germany on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.GermanyWikipedia:WikiProject GermanyTemplate:WikiProject GermanyGermany
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Sculpture

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Sculpture, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Sculpture on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SculptureWikipedia:WikiProject SculptureTemplate:WikiProject Sculpturesculpture

Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion:

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 05:40, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion:

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 04:26, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Metaphysics of a site-specific work of art

Just because an artwork no longer is (part) of a permanent installment doesn't mean it's not an existing artwork when the installment closes. You have memories about the work by art subjects; you have all the documentation (etc). You don't do that for a sculpture or painting post-exhibition so why do it with installations or site-specific art. Site-specific art specifically often comes with a component that is permanent (existing in the gallery space (non-site)). Same goes for vandalism on an existing artwork - the original artwork is just replaced with a new one (building upon the original work/merges the original work with the new modification).

Why is it that for example a comedy work (sketch) is supposedly absolute even after its television screening but not a (site-specific) work of art (after its showing)? 31.208.212.102 (talk) 21:44, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe that's what Cattelan means w/ his artpiece Comedian. Even if the banana can be changed the question arises of whether the work is the same if it's key component is substituted (is it still the same work; is it still an existing work of art). 31.208.212.102 (talk) 22:07, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think it matters more that it's temporal rather than an installation. Christo and Jeanne-Claude works are one-time events, so they happened in the past, whereas Comedian is a work that can be installed elsewhere in the future. Other performances may be either in past or present tense based on whether the performance is meant to be replicated (such as a musical or Seedbed) or a one-time event (like How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare or a sporting event). I'd wager that Wrapped Reichstag is the latter. For context, MOS:TENSE is the relevant Wikipedia policy here. czar 01:29, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]