Not exact matches
The «
white cube» exhibition style eliminated
context and focused attention on the objects, which were then supposed to enter the viewer's field of pure sensibility completely free of associations.
Brian O'Doherty coined his now famous description of the
white cube in a series of essays in 1976, highlighting the often unarticulated
context that he argued was a determining factor in the way that many modern artists made their work.
This is a show that explores physical comedy — comedy that is of and about the body, extending to the «body» of materials and the physical
context of the art world — its
white cubes and formal conventions.
Despite O'Doherty's debunking of this
context, the
white cube mode of exhibiting continues to underpin much exhibition - making in the West, from commercial galleries that are designed to look like modern art museums (think of David Zwirner's minimalist 30,000 square foot space on 20th Street in New York) to websites such as Contemporary Art Daily that tend to privilege the flattened picture surfaces of post-minimalist paintings, which look good filtered through the even light of a laptop screen.
Despite O'Doherty's debunking of this
context, the
white cube mode of exhibiting continues to underpin much exhibition - making in the West, from commercial galleries that are designed to look like modern art museums (think of David Zwirner's minimalist 30,000 square foot space on 20th Street in New York) to
Our programme, like this exhibition, explores performance in wide - ranging
contexts — from the stage to the
white -
cube and in the everyday, from daily routines to religious rituals.
Under the guidance of Bardaouil and Fellrath, The Space of Art — The Art of Space, emphasizes Han's stunning works not only in their own right, but more so in the
context of who the artist is, as embodied by their integration of her vibrant studio into the
white cube of the gallery space.
And with our new overall contemporary program at the Fine Arts Museums, work is not supposed to be presented in a gallery of
white cubes, one, two, three, but as bold and playful interventions using our premises in an unusual way, sometimes creating tension between the classical and contemporary art
context.
us begins right opposite you, as all invited spaces evolve organically within the
contexts they inhabit, with a sense for the community; for they have to navigate between the traditional
white cube and the social ties they produce.
Beautifully arranged in glass vitrines or on a
White Cube wall, Agematsu's trash becomes treasure and thus the
context feeds the metamorphosis.
From within the
context of Minimal and Conceptual Art, artists examined the «
White Cube» in a museum or gallery space, and the wall, as part of the exhibition display, was taken up as a central theme.
First realized seven years ago in New York City, this re-installation of Chocolate Factory in Paris will build upon its previous installation, using the shift in
context from the
white cube and austere setting of the Maccarone gallery to the ornate and Baroque Salle Guillaume Dupré to transform and evolve the project.
Abandoning the usual single hang of the
white cube gallery, the exhibition instead presents works hung together in dense clusters, referencing the domestic
context of their home location.
If Abstract Expressionism and the contemplative work of Rothko encouraged the
white cube display inherent to the reception of modernism, within this exhibition the
white cube has been replaced by history and
context.
Stripped from their original
context, the YouTube loops, posters and eBay - purchases take on a new life within the
white cube.