Art in Industrialization Process: Change and Transformations in Art after 20th Century

Abstract

The phenomenon of art has experienced many changes and transformations along with humanity. It can be said that important breaks in art occurred after World Wars. Especially, the beginning of the 20th century were the years which the foundations of the transformations in art were laid. The inclusion of ready-made objects, which are a part of daily life and produced as industrial products, into the art process as art objects started with Duchamp and supported the formation processes of the movements of art that emerged after 1950. These movements of art which have highlighted the notion of 'concept' in art and have been fed by 'socio-cultural' phenomena that emerged as a result of world wars.The industrialization movements, which especially had an impact on the USA and European countries, have shown their effect in many areas of life. The phenomenon of art has taken its share from the mobility of the industry. This situation virtually has prepared the ground for the emergence of ‘struggle for existence’ process of industrial products in the field of art. It can be said that, as the perceiver of art, the audiences have difficulty in interpreting the art that’s been restructured with the involvement of industrial products.In this study, it is aimed to mention "the use ready-made objects reproduced by mass production technique as an art object in the process of industrialization" and to identify "the changes and transformations experienced in art in this process".