Light installations and video was denied the right to be called art
According to the resolution of the European Commission, the works of Dan Flavin's minimalist pioneer should henceforth be regarded as "lighting fixtures"
Dan Flavin installation at London's Hayward Gallery. Source:
It all began in 2006 when the gallery Haunch of Venison has decided to move from the United States to England six disassembled video installations and light sculptures of Viola Flavin. VAT on imports of these works, declared as a "sculpture" was supposed to be only 5 per cent. However, Customs stated that the imported works of art are not, and forced the gallery to pay the full sum - 36 thousand pounds. In 2008, Haunch of Venison went to court and won, but one round of the fight was, unfortunately, not the least ...
According to the decision the European Commission, the creation of a pioneer of minimalism Flavin "has the characteristics of the fixture ", and should therefore be classified as a" wall lamp ". As for Viola, his work can not be called with sculpture, since, according to the commission, "a work of art" are not themselves included in the installation of items as a result of their operation (light effect).
Decision of the Commission all the more shocking that Flavin and Viola - a world-renowned masters, whose names are mentioned in all textbooks on the history of postwar art. Viola so in general became the first artist in his lifetime awarded with a major exhibition at the National Gallery. The following year videoaltari Viola will be on display at the Cathedral of St. Paul, "thanks to" new order of the cost of organizing exhibitions may noticeably increase. Not to mention the fact that affected all those who have been importing the purpose of selling video and lighting work.
most famous historical example of such a trial is probably the Court "Brancusi v. United States" (1928). Then the famous modernist failed to prove that his abstract "Bird in Space" - a sculpture, not just a piece of metal that "even the birds do not like».
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