Tag Archives: conceptual art

On Today | Wednesday December 12 1979

Posted on October 22, 2020 by maryannadair

Japanese artist On Kawara (December 24, 1932 – July 10, 2014) was a Japanese conceptual artist who lived in New York City from 1965. Kawara belonged to a broadly international generation of conceptual artists that began to emerge in the … Continue reading →

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John Baldessari | What is Painting?

Posted on September 17, 2020 by maryannadair

What is Painting [Synthetic polymer paint on canvas (1966-1968) MoMA] Do you sense how all the parts of a good picture are involved with each other, not just placed side by side? Art is a creation for the eye and … Continue reading →

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Greer Honeywill | Architecture of the Heart

Posted on January 6, 2020 by maryannadair

[Above images: Architecture of the Heart  #1 and #2 (2008-2012) Duratran, powder coated light box 96 cm x 62 cm] Australian conceptual artist, Greer Honeywill  (born 1945 in Adelaide, South Australia), studied art at the South Australian School of Art … Continue reading →

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Compare the Pair #9 – What the stuff?

Posted on January 30, 2014 by maryannadair

This first bag of chaff sits in an art gallery – the wonderful National Gallery of Victoria. It is called “Art Stuffing” (1970) , an installation by conceptual artist, Aleks Danko, born in 1950. It is a hessian bag stuffed … Continue reading →

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