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Hannah Wilke
1. Conceptual Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.
2. Rational judgements repeat rational judgements.
3. Illogical judgements lead to new experience.
4. Formal Art is essentially rational.
5. Irrational thoughts should be followed absolutely and logically.
6. If the artist changes his mind midw... See more
2. Rational judgements repeat rational judgements.
3. Illogical judgements lead to new experience.
4. Formal Art is essentially rational.
5. Irrational thoughts should be followed absolutely and logically.
6. If the artist changes his mind midw... See more
Sol LeWitt • Sentences on Conceptual Art (1969) - Tetragrammaton
“an art work is neither a physical thing nor a viewer’s mental image of it but something in between, created in attentive space”
The Battle for Attention
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/06/the-battle-for-attention
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The Battle for Attention
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/06/the-battle-for-attention
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Joan Mitchell
“I do think there is a state of quality that is necessary, but it is not based on correctness. It has to do with the quality of the piece itself and nothing to do with neatness or edges. It’s not the artisan quality of the work, but the integrity of the piece . . . I’m not conscious of materials as a beautiful essence . . . For me the great involve... See more
Hannah Wilke
“works of art can sensitize us to the amount and kind of labor, of human time and effort, stored in everything we use and think we want”
SOME EXERCISES IN SLOW PERCEPTION
https://www.artforum.com/features/some-exercises-in-slow-perception-212529/
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SOME EXERCISES IN SLOW PERCEPTION
https://www.artforum.com/features/some-exercises-in-slow-perception-212529/
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“the making of them doesn’t appear to be anything special. There are no secrets or mysteries as to what the objects are; the puzzle is in confronting such simple but unusual objects and in trying to understand what about them seems so strange. This is the contrast in Hesse’s work that most interests me: the contrast between simultaneous obviousness... See more
“I WILL REFER TO THE KIND of art in which I am involved as conceptual art. In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. * When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that make... See more