Play in modern and contemporary art

Our writing is focused mainly on determining the bonds that exist among play and art these days. This relation has its origin in the historical avant-garde movements. In search of the new and guided by their transgressor spirit, these movements, cause the artists to recuperate for art the concept of play; using it to canalize many of the great themes of interest, such as: opposition to conservative and institutionalized culture, to demonstrate the concept of "modern life", the search for creativity, new forms of expression, a bigger rapprochement and participation of the spectator, etc. This opens a new dimension to appropriate experimentation to a more advanced artistic sensitivity. We have established a basic classification of four forms of artistic play. By means of this classification we can appreciate with more clarity the impregnation of the type of play that artistic manifestations have. Although the participation of the type of play in a work of art is not homogenous, there will always be a main constituent and a subordinated one. Certainly, there won't be any play that does not maintain a relation of intersection with some aspect of another; which is why there will always