The concept of traces reflected on the body in contemporary art

Changing World, social structures, economy, technology, thoughts or beliefs have been trying to dominate the body and shaped the body by revealing their existence. All developments in the historical process have been reflected in the history of art and the body, which is the main subject of art, has been put into different meaning and forms. Body images, which have been the subject of art throughout the history of art, have directly become the material of art with contemporary art. Artists who started to use the body as a means of expressions stated that what they lived or what society lived with trace which they created on their own bodies or on objects. In this study, the concept of body and trace divided into subject and studies about subject were examined. In the first chapter of this study the concepts of body is included. The concepts that affect the body to shape body and their traces on the body are included. Next chapter, by mentioning the concept of trace, the visibility of the trace on the body is discussed. In the main part of the thesis the traces formed on the body or formed by the body and the reflections of these traces on contemporary art have been discussed. Fort his purpose the concept of trace, which means the sign that something has passed or left in the place where it has been previously; sign left behind by the touch of something, or event, a situation or a sign from life, has been taken as a starting point and also considered as a process. Also in various situation, the traces left in a one's life, in his memory, or processes such as not belonging to a place, not leaving a trace, being the other, are discussed togather with the works of the artists and interpreted within the visual arts. Finally, the studies carried out during the research were presented and concept of trace and body was emphasized. Keywords: Body, trace, contemporary art, process