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Conceptual Art
John Baldessari. I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art. 1971
MoMA Learning Conceptual Art Theme
Language and Art
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Joseph Kosuth. One and Three Chairs. 1965.
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John Baldessari. I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art. 1971
MoMA Learning Conceptual Art Theme
Let’s compare each artist’s approach to making art.
MoMA What is Modern Art?
Joseph Kosuth. One and Three Chairs. 1965. John Baldessari. I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art. 1971
John Baldessari. What Is Painting. 1966–68.
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“I think the wonderful irony about this piece is that it's text. But in fact it is a painting, because it's done with paint on canvas. So I'm really being very slyly ironic here in saying, ‘Well, this is what painting is.’”
– John Baldessari
Richard Serra. To Lift. 1967.
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Sol LeWitt and Instruction-based Art
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MoMA Learning Conceptual Art Theme
“The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.”
– Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt. Untitled from Squares with a Different Line Direction in Each Half Square. 1971.
Sol LeWitt. Untitled from Squares with a Different Line Direction in Each Half Square. 1971.
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Outside the Museum
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Daniel Buren. D’une impression l’autre. 1983
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• What are some of the locations where you typically encounter works of art?
• What are the unexpected places where you have seen art?
• How do your reactions to works of art differ in relation to where you encounter them?
• Do you agree or disagree with Buren’s belief that context or location affects the interpretation of a work of art. Why or why not?
Daniel Buren, Untitled (Wide White Space Gallery Announcements), 1969-1974.
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Gordon Matta-Clark. Bingo. 1974
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“Why hang things on the wall when the wall itself is so much more a challenging medium? A simple cut or series of cuts acts as a powerful drawing device able to redefine spatial situations and structural components.”
– Gordon Matta-Clark
Let’s compare each artist’s approach to making art.
MoMA What is Modern Art?
Joseph Kosuth. One and Three Chairs. 1965.
Gordon Matta-Clark. Bingo. 1974
Performance into Art
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Marina Abramović. Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present. 2010
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MoMA Learning Conceptual Art Theme
“I think a person who moves into an apartment and puts curtains on the window is also being an artist at that point, you know? There’s something that exists, and you’re trying to see what it would be like if it was another way.”
– Vito Acconci
Carolee Schneemann. Up to and Including Her Limits. 1973–76.
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