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2.28.2011

ACCESSORIES TO AN ARTWORK - PETER SAVILLE

PhotobucketFrom 1979 through to 1986, Saville shaped the perception of Factory as much as Joy Division or New Order. His reputation as an extraordinary designer grew on the back of sometimes enigmatic, other times painstakingly luxurious, but always individual and innovative album sleeves... Back in 2008 however Saville declared 'it all looks like art to me now'. So when he decided to put the 'Accessories to an artwork' show making his statement a reality. Saville designed a plinth made from cardboard, that was 96cm x 35cm x 35cm in size and was pure white. By creating these plinths Saville's point is that anything that is placed on top of them is turned from an object of no importance to one of a work of art. The onus is on the power (good or bad) of the public to assert their own aesthetic idiosyncrasies and curate their world for themselves, allowing the audience in effect to become simultaneously artist, curator and even critic in their choice of a single worthy object.

I saw this work a while ago now and have always thought that it was a fantastic idea, of giving someone the power to have their own creative input about what they think is art. making people think about things they would not usually think about and creating wider debate that already exists within the art world. This is an idea in the near future I would like to take something from, as it is one that does not just finish there.