<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Relational art</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Context Art</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>post-1945 fine arts styles and movements</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Relational aesthetics</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Relational art</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>aesthetics, Relational</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>art, Relational</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Theorized by French curator and critic Nicolas Bourriaud in the late 1990s, relational art describes a set of art practices in which the production of human relations and their social context are privileged over a discrete, portable, autonomous work. The artist, acting as a facilitator, establishes spaces, situations, or "platforms" designed to host social activities and information exchange between audience participants. Participatory in nature, a relational work emphasizes the social interactions created by the installation or event and conceives the audience as a community. Key practitioners include Liam Gillick, Pierre Huyghe, Maurizio Cattelan, Carsten Höller, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.  ]]></note></mads>