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Ideas, Earth and Actions |
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"Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact." - William S. Burroughs |
Joseph Beuys. Fat Corner with Filter. 1963. |
Assignment Due: source Report
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1968 Earthwork movement launched by group exhibition "Earthworks" at the Dawn Gallery |
Robert Smithson. A Nonsite. 1968. |
Earthworks
= (a.k.a. Land art) form of art which came to prominence in the late
60s and 70s primarily concerned with the natural environment. Materials
such as rocks, sticks, soil, and plants are commonly used, and the works
frequently exist in the open and are left to change and erode under
natural conditions. |
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Robert Smithson
essay "The Sedimentation of the Mind: Earth Projects" provided a critical framework for the movement |
Robert Smithson. Spiral Jetty. 1970.
Robert Smithson. Documentation of film stills from Spiral Jetty. 1970.
Hopkins,David. After Modern Art 1945 - 2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Robert Smithson. Partially Buried Woodshed. |
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in progress http://www.wksu.org/news/images/ 18077/smithson3.jpg |
1970 http://artscenecal.com/ArtistsFiles/SmithsonRo/ SmithsonRoFile/SmithsonRoPics/RoSmithson1.html |
current state http://www.wksu.org/news/images/ 18077/IMG_0050.jpg |
Entropy
= a measure of the amount of energy in a physical
system that cannot be used to do work |
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Related
to the Second Law of Thermodynamics = the idea that energy dissipates
toward a disintegrated homogeneity of matter. Entropy negates the concept
of progress on the scale of geological time. |
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John Filo. Kent State Massacre. 1970.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kent_State_massacre.jpg
Michael Heizer. Double Negative. 1968-70. |
Michael Heizer. Double Negative present day. 1968 - 70. |
Walter De Maria. The Lightning Field. 1977.
James Turrell. Roden Crater. Begun 1972.
James Turrell. Skyspace. Live Oak Friends Meeting House, Houston, Texas. 2000.
http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=585&artindex=152
Richard Serra
1939 -
Richard Serra's verb list |
"The
significance of the work is in its effort not in its intentions. And
that effort is a state of mind, an activity, an interaction with the
world." - Richard Serra |
"To roll, to fold, to bend, to shorten, to shave, to tear, to chip, to split, to cut, to splash..." |
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"process art" |
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"post-minimalism" |
Richard Serra. Throwing lead at Leo Castelli warehouse. 1969.
Zeus or Poseidon. Bronze. 6’ 10” high. 460 – 450 BCE.
Janson,
H.W. and Anthony F. Janson. History of Art. Sixth edition. University
of North Carolina, Wilmington: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001.
Richard Serra. Splashing. 1968.
Richard Serra. Corner Prop. 1969.
Richard Serra. One Ton Prop (House of Cards). 1969.
Marzona, Daniel. Minimal Art. Koln: Taschen, 2004.
Richard Serra. Delineator. 1974-75.
http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/06/24/pk_moma_richard_serr06.jpg
Eva Hesse
1936 - 1970
Eva Hesse. Hang Up. 1965 -1966.
Grosenick,
Uta ed. Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century. Taschen, Koln.
2005.
Eva Hesse. Untitled (Rope Piece).
1966.
Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. Revised
Second ed. Vol. 2. New York: Prentice Hall Inc., and Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
Jackson Pollock. Autumn Rhythm (Number 30). 1950.
Stokstad,
Marilyn. Art History. Revised Second ed. Vol. 2. New York: Prentice
Hall Inc., and Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
Eva Hesse. Accession III.
1967.
Grosenick,
Uta ed. Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century. Taschen, Koln.
2005.
“Art and work and art and life are very connected and my whole life has been absurd. There isn’t a thing in my life that has happened that hasn’t been extreme- personal health, family, economic situations…absurdity is the key word…It has to do with contradictions and oppositions. In the forms I use in my work the contradictions are certainly there. I was always aware that I should take order versus chaos, stringy versus mass, huge versus small, and I would try to find the most absurd opposites or extreme opposities.” – Eva Hesse |
Eva
Hesse. Contingent. 1969.
http://www.nga.gov.au/International/Catalogue/Images/LRG/49353.jpg
Conceptualism |
Joseph Kosuth. One and Three
Chairs. 1965. |
1967 - present |
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Conceptualism
= (a.k.a. idea art) art in which the concepts or ideas involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Conceptual art may not even produce an art object, but rather a physical manifestation that is to be viewed as a document of the art. |
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" Conceptual
art is "made to engage the mind of the viewer rather than his eye or emotions." - Sol Le Witt |
Plato's concept of "The Forms" |
Joseph Kosuth. One and Three Hammers. 1965. |
The material world as it seems is not the "real" world, but a shadow of it |
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How do we know what is real? |
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What is "reality?" |
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art is to represent |
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art is re-presentation |
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Sol LeWitt. Wall Drawing #1166 Light to dark (scribbles) and #1167 Dark to Light (scribbles). July 2005.
http://www.artcritical.com/DavidCohen/SUN109.htm |
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Sol LeWitt. Wall Drawing #1182. 2005.
http://www.paulacoopergallery.com/artists/sl/sl2.html
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Robert Rauschenberg. Portrait of Iris Clert. 1961.
John Latham. Text from Art & Culture . 1966.
Stiles, Kristine & Peter Selz, ed. Theories and Documents of Contemporar\
Piero Manzoni. Artist's Shit.
1960.
Warr, Tracey. The Artist's Body. London:
Phaidon Press Ltd., 2000.
Jackson Pollock at work, 1950. |
Piero Manzoni with Artist's Shit. 1961. |
Piero Manzoni. Pedestal for the World. 1962.
1958 The Legacy of Jackson Pollock by Allan Kaprow |
Argues that Pollock destroyed painting and plunged art into the realm of reality |
Pollock's mural-like scale transformed the viewer into participant |
Kaprow continued to investigate the participatory nature of art throughout his career |
Kaprow coined the term "happening" = a performance, event or situation meant to be considered art |
a Happening could take place anywhere, were often multi-disciplinary, often lacked a narrative and frequently sought to involve the audience in some way |
Allan Kaprow. 18 Happenings in 6 Parts. 1959.
Joseph Beuys. The Pack. 1969. |
Fluxus =
(from Latin "to flow") is an experimental art movement noted for
the blending of different artistic disciplines |
Nam June Paik. Zen for Head. 1962.
Hopkins,David. After Modern Art 1945 - 2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Yoko Ono
1933 -
She has
been described as "the world's most famous unknown artist: everybody
knows her name, but nobody knows what she does." |
Yoko Ono. Painting to Hammer
a Nail In. 1961.
Grosenick,
Uta ed. Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century. Taschen, Koln.
2005.
Yoko Ono. Ceiling Painting.
1966.
Newhall, Edith. "A Long and Winding Road." ARTnews. October 2000: 162 -165.
Gilbert & George. The Singing
Sculpture. 1970. |
Performance
Art = art where the actions of an individual or a group at a particular
place and in a particular time, constitute the work. Performance work is often documented via film and photography. |
Bruce Nauman. Self Portrait as a Fountain. 1966-7.
Chris Burden. Shoot. 1971.
Warr, Tracey. The Artist's Body. London:
Phaidon Press Ltd., 2000.
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Chris Burden. Trans-fixed.
1974.
Warr, Tracey. The Artist's Body. London:
Phaidon Press Ltd., 2000.
