International Conceptual Art Flashcards
Conceptual art
global phenomenon
not medium specific
Seth Siegelamb
supports Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence Weiner
Joseph Kosuth, Titled Art as Idea as Idea
1968
text is a quicker way of getting messages across/ getting to ideas
very material
Lawrence Weiner, A 2 Inch Wide 1 Inch Deep Trench Cut Across A Standard One -Car Driveway
1968
works could be illustrated in textual form
privilege idea
about the actions behind the work
‘Statements’ - lists every work he’s ever made
Robert Barry, ‘Inert Gas Series, Helium’
1969
visualisation of an invisible process
Hans Haacke, MoMA poll
1970
‘Information’ - art world thinking about mass media
no attention to medium in which information is produced
v zeitgeist exhibition
“Would the fact that Governor Rockefeller has not denounced President Nixon’s Indochina policy be a reason for you not to vote for him in November?”