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Artists’ interventions in existing buildings

Fratzeskaki Polyxeni

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This study explores the relationship between art and architecture, focusing on the ways in which artists intervene in existing buildings and blur the boundaries between space and artwork. Through bibliographic analysis and case studies, it examines how the building can function either as a field of artistic creation or as a material for composing an artwork. The transformations of abandoned buildings into studios (Warhol, Judd, Pollock, Lappas, Vardea) highlight space as a site of production and experimentation, while the works of Smithson, Matta-Clark, and Chinneck demonstrate the conversion of entire shells into artistic objects. At the same time, practices focusing on the interiors of buildings are examined, creating site-specific experiences that cancel out or subvert their initial condition and function. The study also investigates the extent to which these interventions can be integrated into the architectural practice of adaptive reuse. Through this process, critical questions arise concerning the ways in which art transforms space, how architecture can serve as a material for creation, and how artists reframe buildings, shaping new relationships between art, space, and architecture.

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