However, there were significant artists in other parts of the world who, years before this, were exploring
the conceptual nature of art (and I don't mean Duchamp).
His diverse oeuvre represents a pivotal transition from modern art's concern with the material object to contemporary notions of
the conceptual nature of art.
Calling himself «the painter of space», Klein «sought to achieve immaterial spirituality through pure color» and concerned himself with the «contemporary notions of
the conceptual nature of art «1.
Not exact matches
Factual statements about
nature reduce
art to mere illustration and assimilate it to
conceptual habits
of thinking — precisely what Dillenberger rightly criticizes in American Protestantism.
Conceptual collaboration happens when an
art teacher works closely with the science teacher and they both help students understand the effect
of pigments and light by teaching together the science
of wavelengths, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the dual
nature of light.
Formative assessment in science and mathematics differs from other subject areas such as English language
arts due to the
conceptual nature of the disciplines and the impact preconceptions have on student learning.
Interest in contemporary
art was similarly small, due in part to the hermetic
nature of minimal and
conceptual art that dealt mostly with concerns specific to
art and artists.
Inspired by the High Line as an ambulatory space experienced most naturally in motion, Wanderlust extends the tradition
of Conceptual art wherein the act
of walking served as an inspiration for many artists who explored life both in the urban context and in an ambivalent confrontation with
nature.
Her work has also been featured in such international surveys as the Biennale
of Sydney (1976); Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany (1977); the Venice Biennale (1978, 1980, 2001), and more recently The Last Freedom: From the Pioneers
of Land
Art of the 1960s to
Nature in Cyberspace, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany (October 16, 2011); Systems, Actions & Processes: 1965 - 1975, PROA Foundation, Buenos Aires (through September, 2011); Erre: Variations Labyrinthiques, Centre Pompidou, Metz (September 12, 2011 - March 5, 2012); and Light Years:
Conceptual Art and the Photograph: 1964 - 1977,
Art Institute
of Chicago (December 11, 2011 — March 11, 2012).
Known for her large - scale works that combine geometric drawings, numerical series, images and writings, Hanne Darboven (Munich, Germany, 1941 - 2009) is often associated with
conceptual art, a correlation that should be nuanced further given the unmistakably subjective
nature of the process
of realization and expression
of her works.
Other works in the exhibition include Jorge Pardo's handcrafted wooden palette and modernist designed furniture that question the
nature of the aesthetic experience; pioneering
conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth's discourse on aesthetics in neon, An Object Self - Defined, 1966; Rachel Lachowicz's 1992 row
of urinals cast in red lipstick, which delivers a feminist critique
of Duchamp's readymade; Richard Pettibone's paintings
of photographs
of Fountain; Richard Phillips» recent paintings based on Gerhard Richter's highly valued work; Miami artist Tom Scicluna's neon sign, «Interest in Aesthetics,» a critique
of the use
of aesthetics in Fort Lauderdale's ordinance on homelessness; the French collaborative Claire Fontaine's lightbox highlighting Duchamp's critical comments about
art juries; Corey Arcangel's video Apple Garage Band Auto Tune Demonstration, 2007, which tweaks the concept
of aesthetics in the digital age; Bernd and Hilla Becher's photographs, Four Water Towers, 1980, that reveal the potential for aesthetic choices within the same typological structures; and works by Elad Lassry and Steven Baldi, who explore the aesthetic history
of photography.
Manzoni began to interrogate the
nature of the
art object itself with a series
of proto -
Conceptual works.
Together with Performance
art,
Conceptual art and Arte Povera, it went to pave its own way across a variety
of artistic genres, media and styles, and in the process, it formed a strong connection with Environmental
art movement, due to the dedication to
nature, its systems and forces.
Double Consciousness explores the
conceptual art practices
of African - American artists over the past 35 years, using as its underpinning, the «reflexive»
nature of art - making which emerged with the avant - garde
of the late 1960s.
The Or Gallery is an artist - run centre committed to exhibiting work by local, national, and international artists whose
art practice is
of a critical,
conceptual and / or interdisciplinary
nature.
As a towering figure
of 20th century American
conceptual art and as one
of the most influential teachers
of a generation
of artists, Baldessari's new works ultimately questions the very
nature of the artist's place within the canon
of art history itself.
Suzanne Stryk has shown her
conceptual nature paintings in solo exhibits throughout the United States, including the Morris Museum
of Art (GA), the United States Botanic Garden (DC), The Eleanor B. Wilson Museum (VA), and Gallery 180: The Illinois Institute
of Art (Chicago).
The Leiber Collection is just one
of the many crown jewels
of the institution's holdings
of this
nature (Tom Marioni's Museum
of Conceptual Art archive and the Ant Farm papers among them), but this is a significant addition, one that boosts BAM / PFA to the forefront of conceptual art
Conceptual Art archive and the Ant Farm papers among them), but this is a significant addition, one that boosts BAM / PFA to the forefront of conceptual art resear
Art archive and the Ant Farm papers among them), but this is a significant addition, one that boosts BAM / PFA to the forefront
of conceptual art
conceptual art resear
art research.
The best - known aspects
of the Vogel Collection are minimal and
conceptual art, but these donations also explore numerous directions
of the post-minimalist period, including works
of a figurative and expressionist
nature.
Part
of Sol LeWitt's «Sentences on
Conceptual Art,» this single line encapsulates not only a large portion
of contemporary artistic practice, but the inherently contradictory
nature of human creativity itself.
Indeed, while we tend to think
of conceptual art as belonging very much to now, this challenging exhibition views it as a tightly defined historical phenomenon, whose heyday was 40 years and more ago, a period during which, the show claims, British artists changed the very
nature of art.
, The Upcoming, 19 February Chayka, Kyle, App
Art: David Shrigley's «Light Switch» Takes a Swipe at
Conceptual Art on the iPhone,
Art Info, 16 February Hogan, Ruth, David Shrigley: Brain Actvity, This is Tomorrow, 16 February Charlesworth, JJ, David Shrigley: Brain Activity, Time Out, 8 February Gayford, Martin, Monster's Boots, Terrier Draw Ironic Laughs in London, Bloomberg Businessweek, 6 February Darwent, Charles, David Shrigley: Brain Activity, The Independent, 5 February Januszczak, Waldemar, Absurdly Amazing David Shrigley, Culture, The Sunday Times, 5 February Gillions, Jennie, David Shrigley: Brain Activity at the Hayward Gallery, Culture 24, 3 February Sutcliffe, Tom, The luxurious
nature of whimsy, The Independent, 3 February What Does David Shrigley Do All Day?
«The Wilderness,» Miami
Art Museum says, «is an examination
of the
conceptual boundaries between
nature and human civilization.
-LSB-...] British
art collector and gallery owner Charles Saatchi has cleared out his dead sharks, cow heads in glass, dirty beds, and anything
of a
conceptual nature, to replace them with good old -LSB-...]
The eleven artists juxtapose divergent approaches in conversation with each other, reflecting on primal questions consuming artists over the millennia: Elliot Arkin's
conceptual use
of web - based commerce spins an absurdist view on the commodification
of artists; Babette Bloch's stainless steel reassessments
of nature and artistic precedent limn positives and negatives through light; Christopher Carroll Calkins's street photography captures moments
of under - the - radar narratives; Valentina DuBasky's acrylic and marble dust works on paper and plaster are a contemporary comment on the prehistory
of art; Gabriel Ferrer's performance - like in - the - moment sumi - ink drawings on handmade paper reflect on memory and personal narrative; Christopher Gallego's realist, pure light - filled oil painting elevates the ordinariness
of an artist's space to visual poetry; Ana Golici, in pergamano and collage, takes inspiration from 17th Century female naturalist, entomologist and botanical illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian to explore questions
of science,
nature and objective truth; Emilie Lemakis's monumental amplification
of an ancient Greek krater employs scale to upend perceptions for the viewer's reconsideration; Mark Mellon's bronzes address the oppositions
of movement and stillness; the alchemy
of Michael Townsend's uncontrolled poured acrylic paintings equate the properties
of materials with the turbulence
of the universe; Jessica Daryl Winer's engagement with luminous color and choreographic line reflects in visual resonance the sonic history
of a musical instrument.
This eccentric, undocumented incident marked the beginning
of an artistic career that would lay the groundwork for the 1960s
conceptual art movement and challenge traditional assumptions about the
nature of the
art object.
As a towering figure
of 20th - century American
conceptual art and as one
of the most influential teachers
of a generation
of artists, Baldessari's new works ultimately questions the very
nature of the artist's place within the canon
of art history itself.
The exhibition addresses the varied concerns
of modern and contemporary artists for the natural world: from realist landscapes to abstraction,
Conceptual art to Pop
art, Our Good Earth illuminates how artists reveal the marvels
of nature, express compassion for the fragile beauty
of flora and fauna, and caution against threats to the natural world.
, The Kitchen, New York, US A Bit
Of Matter And A Little Bit More, i.e. Decorated, screening About the Strange Nature of Money (Museum des Geldes), Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, DE; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, BE Artists» Books, Biennale Internazionale della Grafica d'Arte, Firenze, IT Conceptual Art, Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, US New York Now, Mead Art Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts,
Of Matter And A Little Bit More, i.e. Decorated, screening About the Strange
Nature of Money (Museum des Geldes), Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, DE; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, BE Artists» Books, Biennale Internazionale della Grafica d'Arte, Firenze, IT Conceptual Art, Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, US New York Now, Mead Art Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts,
of Money (Museum des Geldes), Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, DE; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR; Palais des Beaux
Arts, Brussels, BE Artists» Books, Biennale Internazionale della Grafica d'Arte, Firenze, IT
Conceptual Art, Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, US New York Now, Mead
Art Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, US
2000 The Work Shown in this Space is a Response to the Existing Conditions and / or Work Previously Shown Within the Space III, Neuger Riemschneider, Berlin, DE Sequences, Galerie Roger Pailhas, Marseille, FR La Frontière, Recit d'Expériences, one
of several exhibitions collectively entitled «Réseau Galleries / Multilangages de l'
Art», Institut d'
Art Contemporain - FRAC Rhône - Alps, Villeurbanne / Collège de Prévessin - Moëns (Ain), Academie de Lyon, FR TransAct - Platform for Transitional Activities in the Cultural Field, «Museum in Pro-gress» in cooperation with «
Art Pool», Vienna, AT Shoot: Moving Pictures by Artists, Malmö Konsthall / The Cinema Spegeln / Restaurant Hipp, Malmö, SW; Living
Art Museum, IS, as part
of Kyikar Myndir show, Reykjavik, IS Never Exhibited: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale, New York, US Copyright / Copywrong, Ecole Régionale des Beaux -
Arts de Nantes, Nantes, FR Thirtieth Anniversary Benefit Silent Auction, White Columns, New York, US Two by Two for Aids and
Art, Dallas Museum
of Art, Dallas, Texas, US Dust and Dirt, De Witte Zaal in cooperation with SMAK, Ghent, BE L'Elemento Verbale Nell» Arte Contemporanea, Galleria Martano, Torino, IT; Galleria Martano, Milan, IT Sentimental, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, FR Die Natur der Dinge, NRW - Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, DE Pure, one
of several simultaneous exhibitions around UK, collectively entitled On the FRAC Track: A Selection
of International
Art from the Collection
of Fonds Régional d'
Art Contemporain (FRAC), Nord - Pas de Calais, Maidstone Library Gallery, Maidstone, UK Under the Apple Tree, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, IT A Tribute to Robert Hopper, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire, UK From Here to There - Passageways at Solitude, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, DE Topologies, White Box, New York, US Multiple Configurations: Displaying the Contemporary Portfolio, Busch - Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US Heimatweh — Fernlust, Galerie Herbert Winter, Vienna, AT In the Mirror
of Space and Time, Listasafns ASÍ, Reykjavik, IS Árátta, Listasafn Kópavogur, Reykjavik, IS Recent Works on Paper, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, US Présumés Innocents: l'
Art Contemporain et l'Enfance, Musée d'
Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, FR l'Oeuvre Collective, les Abattoirs, Toulouse, FR Arteast 2000 + The
Art of Eastern Europe in Dialogue with the West, from the 1960s to the Present, Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, SL Works by Peter Friedl, Thomas Hirschhorn, Lawrence Weiner, Arndt & Partner [Gallery], Berlin, DE (E Così Via)(And So On): 99 Artisti Della Collezione Marzona, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, IT Collection Lambert en Avignon: Rendez - vous # 1, Rendez - vous # 2, January 12 - December 31, Hôtel de Caumont, Avignon, FR Wallpapers,
Art Gallery
of Nova Scotia & Nova Scotia College
of Art and Design, Halifax, CA Orbis Terrarum: Ways
of Worldmaking, Museum Plantin - Moretus, Antwerp, BE Drawings 2000, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, US Von Edgar Degas bis Gerhard Richter / Arbeiten auf Papir aus der Graphischen Sammlung..., Kunstmusem Winterthur, Winterthur, US; Nationalgalerie Prag, CZ; Rupertinum, Salzburg, AT; Westfälischer Landesmuseum, Münste, DE; Neues Museum, Nürnberg, DE Proposals from Halifax: An Exhibition
of Selected Typescripts, Flyers, Posters, Catalogues, Books, Mailers and Postcards
of a
Conceptual Nature Produced From 1969 to 1999 by Affiliates
of the Nova Scotia College
of Art and Design (NSCAD), Library and Archives - National Gallery
of Canada, Ottawa, CA Stanze, Museums für Moderne Kunst / Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bozen / Bolzano, IT Tempus Fugit - Time Flies, Nelson - Atkins Museum
of Art, Kansas City, Kansas, US In Process: Photographs from the 60s and 70s, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, US Many Colored Objects Placed Side by Side to Form a Row
of Many Colored Objects: Anton & Annick Herbert Collection, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'
Art Contemporain, LUBeyond Preconceptions: The Sixties Experiment, Independent Curators Inc., New York, US; traveling exhibition Hard - Pressed: 600 Years
of Print and Process, International Print Center, New York, US Changing Perceptions: The Panza Collection, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, ES Talking Heads: Arti e Letterature nell» era della Globalizzione, Commune di Padova - Settore Attività Culturali, Padua, IT Festival de les
Arts, Fundació Pro-Penedès, Barcelona, ES Editions and Multiples 1990 - 2000, Helga Maria Klosterfelde, Hamburg, DE Collection Lambert, Fundacio ProPenedès, Barcelona, ES
The 1960s and 1970s are recognized as the defining era
of the
Conceptual Art movement, a period in which centuries - held assumptions about the nature of art itself were questioned and dissolv
Art movement, a period in which centuries - held assumptions about the
nature of art itself were questioned and dissolv
art itself were questioned and dissolved.
In the triad
of his collages, which are commentaries on the
art world (1940s), the performative series
of slides on the formal constellation
of the world
of art, religion,
nature, and architecture (from the late 1950s), and these ultimate paintings (beginning in 1960), he opened a path towards Minimalist and
Conceptual art.
In a continuation
of the institutional critique espoused by
Conceptual artists such as Marcel Broodthaers, Daniel Buren, Hans Haacke, and Michael Asher, photographer Louise Lawler questions the very purpose and
nature of art.
Bad Painting rejected «good taste» as well as the spurious intellectualism
of Conceptual art, and its works reflected the disturbing and violent
nature of contemporary American society.
The exhibition presents many different approaches to the
art of drawing, from the expressive to the
conceptual, focusing especially on its experimental
nature.
Part sculpture, drawing, and performance, the active, cross-disciplinary
nature of Dadson's paintings finds a corollary in their titles, which he often borrows from canonical examples
of conceptual and performance
art.
The
conceptual and spatially driven
nature of his
art suggests a synthesis
of work by Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, and John McCracken.
Contemporary British
art collector and gallery owner Charles Saatchi has cleared out his dead sharks, cow heads in glass, dirty beds, and anything
of a
conceptual nature, to replace them with good old fashioned paintings on canvas, hanging on walls, and sometimes with frames on them.Continue Reading
Like other
Conceptual artists who gained international recognition in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Weiner has investigated new forms
of display and distribution that challenge our traditional assumptions about the
nature of the
art object and its relationship with the viewers.
Contemporary British
art collector and gallery owner Charles Saatchi has cleared out his dead sharks, cow heads in glass, dirty beds, and anything
of a
conceptual nature, to replace them with good...
But Weaver could just as easily have been describing the intent
of the Danish - Icelandic
conceptual artist Olafur Eliasson's «Green light — An artistic workshop,» which will occupy the Central Gallery; the large - scale photographs
of Thomas Struth's «
Nature & Politics,» which will fill the premier Skylight Gallery; Diana Thater's nine - channel video «The Starry Messenger» in the Reception Gallery; and interactive digital works by the Tokyo collective teamLab in the two Media
Arts Galleries.
Furthermore it will for example allow people who are blind or deaf to explore the
conceptual nature of visual and sound
art along side non-disabled people.»
Reflecting on a work
of art can open up
conceptual meaning, but if we can suspend our preconceptions in the actual encounter, we can enter a state
of contemplation, rather than reflection, in which we experience the
nature of what is actually there — its ineffability, its inability to be pinned down, or somehow defined or even known.