Art fabrication describes the process or service of producing large or technically difficult artworks through entities and resources beyond an individual artist's studio.[1] When artists or designers are incapable or choose not to realize their designs or conceptions, they may enlist the assistance of an art fabrication company.[2] Typically, an art fabrication company has access to the resources, specialized machinery and technologies, and labor necessary to execute particularly complex projects.[1] According to a 2018 New York Times article, art fabricators have taken on a greater importance in recent years, as art schools have emphasized ideas and concepts over execution and contemporary artists become less present in their own work.[3]
- ^ a b Michelle Kuo, "Industrial Revolution: The History of Fabrication," Artforum, August 2007. Accessed April 15, 2019.
- ^ Danielle Child, Working Aesthetics: Labour, Art and Capitalism, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. Accessed April 15, 2019.
- ^ Hass, Nancy "Are Art Fabricators the Most Important People in the Art World?" The New York Times, June 22, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2019.