Gallacio's Stroke is an installation made out of chocolate that discolours and crumbles with the passage of time. And Out Of Love, an installation by Damien Hirst, is equally detailed. Butterflies hatch out of pupae stuck onto white canvases, hung above a construction of steel shelves and potted plants. The canvases have to be restretched, the pupae attached, and whole exhibition presented again. Those are the conditions.
Temporary art is a growing trend.
And probably as reliable a monitor of the recession as any basket of European currencies. Artists went back to making things that were far more fragile and ephemeral. But it wasn't just about materials that artists started using. It was also that there were fewer galleries, so you were going off and doing things for yourself in temporary locations. And so the work was of a temporary nature.