Transformed materials and spatial design in the contemporary art after 1990

The reflections of the technological, political, economic and cultural changes experienced worldwide in the post-1990 period are also reflected in the field of art. These changes have revealed a pluralistic nature of art and are an important factor for the increase in the diversity of artistic materials. In this thesis study, the topic was chosen from various topics widely seen in contemporary art; Political, Ethnicity and Gender, and the works of artists working with transformed materials. Ready-made objects were first transformed into works of art by Marcel Duchamp in 1917. The artists of the late 1990s continued to develop this tendency by reflecting the most recent changes in the world. Today's contemporary artists are frequently using ready-made and waste materials in their works. In this study the interactions between space-object relations were investigated by examining the works that any living space turned into a work of art or various objects belonging to daily life were placed in an art work. Between 2015-2018, the most recent works exhibited in the Art Basel Fair, London Frieze Art Fair, Venice Biennial and Istanbul Biennial were searched and focused on the latest trends in the field of material works. Turkish contemporary artists Şakir Gökçebağ and Ferhat Özgür were interviewed in the context of personal exhibitions consisting of material-oriented works in 2017. With the constantly developing technology, the excellence and diversity of the objects produced in the industry are increasing. This continuity has become an important factor in unlimiting the material possibilities of art.