Aug 30, 2010 09:46
13 yrs ago
Swedish term
lös konst
Swedish to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Art that can be bought/sold and easily moved - paintings and such. As opposed to "fast konst" - public decoration, architecture, large statues, etc.
Sentence: "The art world saw a boom in sales of (lös konst) and Fine Art became an investment object."
Sentence: "The art world saw a boom in sales of (lös konst) and Fine Art became an investment object."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | portative art |
George Hopkins
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| 3 +1 | artwork |
Shawn Champion
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Proposed translations
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portative art
Sounds a bit more high key than movable art.
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Comment: "Searching on this term, I did find uses of it in similar contexts to mine, so thank you very much!"
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Shawn Champion
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Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English
artwork
I don't think you need to specify that it is "lös." The opposite would be site-specific art and permanent installations, which there is no real market for. Just my opinion.
Note from asker:
| There was one occasion when the author of the article was directly trying to differentiate between the two, so a more specific term was needed. I will keep your suggestion in mind for other references in the texts, however. Thanks! |
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