Talk:Tape art

Image use

Hi , i am a also a tape artist. The images you erase was my artworks. So i think, the images can stay in this article. Also the list with another artist links. Tnx— Preceding unsigned comment added by Arthunter77 (talk • contribs) 11:20, 28 October 2015‎

Wikimedia Commons needs explicit permission from an artist, to confirm that the actual artist is genuinely okay with their work being released under CC-Attribution (and reused for commercial purposes at no cost). I've explained the deal at your talk page over on Commons. --McGeddon (talk) 11:23, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

• TAPE ART MURAL by TAPE OVER at Upfest in Bristol.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 09:52, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Major rewrite to address sourcing and structure (citation tag since 2016)

This article has long carried the maintenance tag: “This article needs additional citations for verification. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.” The previous version also mixed multiple claims and example lists with limited attribution, which made it hard to verify and maintain.

I have rewritten the article with the goal of bringing it up to English Wikipedia standards for verifiability and neutrality. The focus is on defining tape art as a field, describing major forms and techniques, and grounding notable examples in reliable, independent sources.

Main changes:

• Rewrote the lead to summarize the full scope of tape art, including temporary public interventions, installation practices, and object based works intended for long term exhibition.
• Rebuilt the history section with institutional and major press sources, including early collective practice, museum scale installation examples, and later developments in sculpture and backlit works.
• Added a “Museums, collections and art fairs” section documenting how certain tape based practices appear in gallery, museum, and art fair contexts, using independent sources and museum records.
• Reorganized “Forms and techniques” into clearer categories, adding Berlin collectives Tape That and Tape Over with sourced descriptions of their approaches.
• Reduced or removed unsourced statements and lists that were not supported by citations, replacing them with attributed information.
• Updated and added illustrative images tied to specific, sourced examples.

Sources used include museum and institutional references (for verification of exhibitions, collections, and artwork descriptions) and independent coverage in major media and established art and design publications. Where the prior article made broad claims without attribution, the rewrite prioritizes statements that can be directly verified.

Known shortcomings and invitations for improvement:

• The article would benefit from additional secondary scholarship that discusses tape art as a medium in art historical terms, not only museum descriptions and press profiles.
• A conservation focused source would strengthen the discussion of durability and long term display for tape based works, especially for light box presentations.
• Image coverage is still uneven. Commons has useful material for some examples, but additional freely licensed photographs would improve balance, especially for widely cited practitioners such as Mark Jenkins, the Tape Art collective, Jim Lambie, and Mark Khaisman, plus well documented public tape interventions.

If other editors have strong secondary sources, catalogue essays, peer reviewed writing, or additional Commons images that better represent key stages of the field, please add them. I am happy to adjust weight and phrasing to maintain WP:NPOV and WP:UNDUE as the article evolves. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SarahWritesArt (talk • contribs) 20:26, 15 February 2026 (UTC)