Conceptual art [idea art; information art]
Henry Flynt
Edward Kienholz The Illegal Operation 1962
Precedents
Marcel Duchamp: Bicycle Wheel, 1913 / 1964
Robert Rauschenberg: Erased de Kooning Drawing, 1953
Robert Morris: Untitled, (Corner Piece), 1964
Land art Performance (or Action) art The late 1960s
Richaed Long: Paddy-Field Chaff Circle, Warli Tribal Land Maharashtra India Gilbert & George. "Singing Sculpture 1969
Mario Merz, Cone 1967, willow
Arte Povera
Joseph Kosuth: ‘Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) [Water],’, 1966. Photostat mounted on board, 48 x 48 inches. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
John Baldessari American, born 1931 Terms Most Useful In Describing Creative Works Of Art, 1966-1968
"Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach." --Sol LeWitt, 1969
The artists of Seth Siegelaub's 1969 exhibition: (l. to r.) Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Lawrence Weiner
Daniel Buren [French Conceptual Artist, born in 1938]
Photo-souvenir : Peinture aux formes variables, Mai 1966, Paris, 214 x 178,5 cm
Mel Bochner (American, b. 1940) Measurement: Plant, 1969 palm tree and black tape on wall 120 X 120 X 48 in
Abstract Painting Process of artmaking is essential
Conceptual Art Conception of work rules over its execution
Art as irrational Art as language or as form of manifestation of the creative logic self Saleable commodities, Finite objects
Temporary installations, Performance, text
Started in commercial Democratic, can happen galleries; private collectors. anywhere; contemporary art Elitist museums. Involves artist, public, environment
Evolution in the 1970s and 1980s
Hans Haacke [German Installation Artist, born in 1936]
Victor Burgin [British, born in 1941]
After Walker Evans: 2, 1981 Sherrie Levine (American, born 1947) Gelatin silver print; 3 3/4 x 5 1/16 in
Barbara Kruger [American Conceptual Artist, born in 1945]
Jenny Holzer [American Conceptual Artist, born in 1950]
"Sappho and Patriarch ('Is it the work, the location or the stereotype that is the institution?")" Louise Lawler. Contemporary Photographer. 1984.
Incident in a Museum, Madison , Avenue 1986, Oil and mixed media on plywood on oil and mixed media on plywood, 243.8 x 379.7 cm
Joseph Beuys 1921-1986 Untitled (Vitrine) 1983 Mixed media object: 2060 x 2200 x 500 mm sculpture
Marcel Broodthaers I Return to Matter, I Rediscover the Tradition of the Primitives, Painting with Egg, Painting with Egg 1966 Wood and mixed media 257 x 257 x 76 mm, Tate
John Latham , Five Sisters Bing 1976, 190 x 622 x 457 mm, Tate
Piero Manzoni Artist's Breath 1960 Balloon, wood and lead seals 35 x 180 x 185 mm, Tate
Felix Gonzalez-Torres. "Untitled" (Death by Gun). 1990, MoMA Stack of photolithographs, STACK: 9 x 44 15/16 x 32 15/16" (22.9 x 114.1 x 83.6 cm) at ideal height
Vito Acconci, Grasp, 1969. Black-and-white photographs and chalk on board, 30 x 40 inches. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Robert Smithson, Hotel Palenque, 1969. Thirty-one chromogenic-development slides and audio tape, dimensions variable. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Lawrence Weiner, Cat. #029 (1969) THE RESIDUE OF A FLARE IGNITED UPON A BOUNDARY, 1969. Language + the materials referred to, dimensions variable. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Lawrence Weiner, Cat. #091 (1969) A STAKE SET, 1969. Language + the materials referred to, dimensions variable. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum