Daily Life Presences. Objects and Creativity in Modern and Contemporary Art: Notes on Antoni Tapies

Daily life objects have been present in modern and contemporary art, in the creative process of many artists as much as in artworks themselves. Links between art and objects are multidimensional and have enabled some of the most interesting experiences in recent art. In this paper, we will examine the dimensions that objects have acquired in the work of artists. We will outline two major directions in what concerns the use of objects in recent art: on the one hand, the gazes that show us daily life objects on a new way and, on the other, the works that bring objects into a sort of language game, giving new significance to them. After a summary review of several references in the art of the past, we will focus on the use of objects in the work of Antoni Tapies, in order to explore an interesting net of possible nexus between objects and a diversity of signification modes and cultural forms.