"interview with the cover artist of ArtReview Asia's November 2013 Power 100 issue -Rirkrit Tiravanija
By Mark Rappolt"
"ARTREVIEW ASIA You’re doing the cover for our Power 100 issue. The vision of power, the power of vision.
So how is power exercised in the artworld? Does it have a capital ‘P’?
RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA I think of all places,
the one that is very aware and weary of power
is the artworld. Perhaps it’s a strategy, perhaps it’s a game, but I think different spheres of the artworld use (and display) power differently."
I think this point is interesting about power in terms of art. My themes are a lot about power and expressing power of objects to the viewer.
"ARA What role does art and the artist play in the broader social conversation today?
RT There are different levels or layers of engagement. If we look at Olafur [Eliasson]’s recent ‘little sun’, we can say it is broad. Or if we look at Thomas Hirschhorn, it’s narrower but nonetheless a broader reach than most artworks on display at Frieze Art Fair. But most conversations about art these days may not be so much social but rather commercial."
Also this point about art being commercial, as an artist interested with consumerism and this power that objects have on the consumer.
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