Reassembling the Artwork

This article discusses how materialist philosopher Manuel Delanda’s “assemblage theory” could be of use for art studies. I begin by situating what term studies in relation to history and comment on the differences. After a selective presentation social ontology assemblages, turn following A Thousand Plateaus Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari, relate his theory concept assemblage, its origin eighteenth century as well references an from 1950s. Theoretical assistance Martin Heidegger Bruno Latour allows me specify notion assemblage used connection with focused neither Art nor History but artworks, first followed other connecting works, agents institutions, i.e. phenomena literally assembled or com-posed. present five types assemblages relevance different way doing history, something ongoing openly unfolding (assisted us), thus theoretically immune being “history” sense over.
 Keywords: studies, theory, artwork, Deleuze, DeLanda, Heidegger,