Conceptual art

at Collection of the Akron Art Museum, on September 16, 2014, is a great example of the artist’s work. Although his artwork ranges from wall drawings to these types of structures, and even sculptures, this object viewed at the museum represents the diverse works of art that were presented at his time period in an accordingly fashion. The theory that Sol LeWitt worked off of in the creation of his objects was, but is not limited to, the idea itself being the work of art. LeWitt had some beliefs…

illness and how she used it in and through her art. I will investigate how much she has contributed towards, and what impact she has made on the art world. I would like to collate and analyse the existing literature and sources of information about her, concentrating on the fundamentals of abstract art and minimalism. This will be in order to understand why and how she exposes her inner vulnerability, which comes from her mental disorder, in her field of art, and shares it with the viewer. To…

homosexuality in a heterosexual society and even being recognized as being gay himself, he found a path that kept culture moving in the midst of confusion. Greenberg also expressed that avant-garde is the unconscious aspects that take place when creating art is. In Scorpio Rising, Anger took homosocial and heterosexual situations of biker guys bonding and getting along with each other, and put a spin on it by using the close up and montage on certain aspects of the boy to reappear as homosexual…

performance as well as performance documentation. I have focused on these material approaches because I do not consider the university studio design to be functional for a productive art practice. Therefore, I have worked mainly at home leading to the creation of works that are often introspective and feature conceptual concerns surround the domestic, the representation of…

Argument 2: Brutalism reveals ‘The Image’, an ideal aesthetic of modernism as an unresolved visual. (To each individual has their own ideal view of modernism) Banham’s ‘The New Brutalism’ reveals aspects of ‘The Image’, as an ideal aesthetic of modernism as an unresolved visual. As it is a continuously evolving phrase, there are obvious clarities of meaning and articulations to be made of this notion of ‘image’. From this, many architects have insisted many of their own opinions and…

Cynthia, Polk Molly, and Buck Lisa. “The Dilemma of Interactive Art Museum Spaces.” Art Education 56.5 (2003): 42-52. Web. Accessed 26 September 2016. This paper analyzes the conversion of contemporary interactive art through its intentions to influence youth culture with creative play, but ultimately sacrifices the deeper excruciation of art and its representations. The author presents two main issues, the challenge of interactive art to educate and its challenge to interrelate. Through…

Performance Art has been a active sector of art in the past century. The origins of this kind of art started in the mid-1950s and has only grown larger. The movement of visual art to a more conceptual, somatic experience was most prominent with the rise of Happenings and the Fluxus movement. Art, as demonstrated by these movements was more than an experience separate from the viewer, but instead a holistic experience that included both mind and body. These movements allowed more interaction…

actions. Two such visionaries are the conceptual artists Marcel Duchamp and Antony Gormley who have successfully experimented with both the form and philosophy of art. Marcel duchamp defied the traditionalist movement, through challenging the conventional styles which have been around for centuries. Nevertheless, becoming the founding father of one of the most recognised forms of art, known as conceptual art of which Gormley later became a renowned figure. Conceptual art can’t be directly…

Gray, Oscar Wide writes: “It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors”. Discuss this statement with close reference to the text. Introduction The quote, “It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors,” is a case in point of Dorian Gray’s portrait. Dorian’s image reflects his inner self, and mirrors his soul. The Picture of Dorian Gray highlights the idea of aestheticism and challenges influence of art over an individual instead of the realities of life. This essay…

the fixed ideals of the artworld as well as questioning the definition of art. His artmaking process involve readymades where ordinary manufactured objects that the artist select and modify, as an antidote to what he called "retinal art". By simply choosing the object and repositioning or joining, titling and signing it, the Found object became art. This is what makes readymades so significantly alluring and domineering as art, however, readymades were…