#CarlAndre

[abridurif]

Au moment d'apprendre la mort de Carl Andre (1935-2024), on ne peut pas ne pas penser à celle, tragique, d'Ana Mendieta (1948-1985).

[chalk-eraser-chalkboard]

2003/11Seeders, Hiroshi Kariya 10 Elements, Photographs, Seeders on Canvas, Gallery Wall, Image Time Lapse, Partial Data of works, Hashtags, Title and subtitles, Numbers https://www.instagram.com/p/Cklqts1rdV5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sbowen]

Carl Andre

It often surprises and pleases me* when I discover I’ve not yet blog about an artist who is clearly canon (*my pleasure derives from the affirmation of my focus on what is happening today). It is with sadness that I have discovered Carl’s omission only open his obit in Artforum. As they so eloquently put it’ “Andre created works whose stark simplicity evoked deeply primal emotions, and whose…

[galeriesevin]

#carlandre

[schooloffeminism]

#Herstory #UnDíaComoHoy
#AnaMendieta (Cárdenas, 18/11/1948 – NY, 8/9/1985) #artista conceptual reconocida por sus obras de arte y performances en el marco del #LandArt. Llegó a USA como refugiada con 12 años y regresó a Cuba varias veces para recuperar sus raíces. Viajó por México y Europa. Murió a los 36 años, al caer desde el piso 34 de su apartamento, después de una discusión con su marido, el artista #CarlAndre, quien fue juzgado por asesinato y absuelto. La absolución fue cuestionada por familia/amigos cuando fue juzgado por un juez y no por un jurado sin que el fiscal le interrogara. Grupos feministas del mundo del arte denuncian la #discriminación que sufrió su caso ante la justicia por cuestión de raza y por ser refugiada frente a un artista "cuyo pasado violento es eclipsado sistemáticamente por su estatus y privilegio". También denuncian que durante el juicio el arte de Mendieta se usó como "prueba" de una supuesta inestabilidad mental y no se consideraron testimonios incriminatorios claves. En 1992, el Guggenheim de NY inauguró una galería en el Soho donde se concentraron unas 500 manifestantes, muchas de ellas con pancartas que decían #WhereIsAnaMendieta #DóndeEstáAnaMendieta para protestar porque habían incluido una obra de Andre en la exposición pero se hab��an olvidado de Mendieta 7 años después de su muerte. Desde entonces se han organizado varias acciones de protesta denunciando el intento de borrar a Mendieta del canon y de la historia de Carl Andre. Creó colecciones de trabajos con siluetas de su cuerpo creadas en barro, tierra, rocas, flores silvestres y hojas. Elaboró performances que evocaban las tradiciones populares como la práctica de santería. En sus piezas usaba la sangre "como un elemento mágico y poderoso" que evocaba el poder de la sexualidad femenina y el horror de la violencia sexual masculina. En sus autorretratos distorsionaba sus rasgos en vidrio, se imaginaba goteando sangre o se disfrazada de hombre pegándose vello facial. Desde su muerte se han organizado numerosas retrospectivas de su obra. #efemérides #mujeresyarte #educarenigualdad #educarenfeminismo #schooloffeminism https://www.instagram.com/p/CiPYoxFDhCj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[moma-prints]

Untitled, Carl Andre, 1968, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Jack Banning Size: composition and sheet: 17 7/8 x 17 7/8" (45.4 x 45.4 cm) Medium: Offset lithograph

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/72279

[mu-th-ur]

Philosophy of adaptation w/ #MaxKesteloot, #ChristianLagata, #KatarinaZdjelar, #TommyMalekoff, #CarlAndre, #MatteoCremonesi, #ZhouLiYang At #Nighttimestory, #LosAngeles, #US June 23 — July 07, 2021 🔗in stories @night_time_story @matteocremonesi_edition @christianlagata @maxkesteloot @zdjelarkatarina @tommymalekoff #groupshow #groupexhibition #losangelesexhibitions #artshow #sculpture #installation #art #contemporaryart #ofluxo #ofluxoplatform @ofluxoplatform (em Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZDaeUFFIB/?utm_medium=tumblr

[nicokok-nl]

Nico Kok Thirty-six pyramid, steelwire, 35.4 W x 35.4 H x 3 D in (90 W X 90 H x 7.5 D cm) #nicokok #wireartwork #wallobject #minimalart #conceptualart #frankstella #sollewitt #yayoikusama #robertmorris #danflavin #carlandre #evahesse #ellsworthkelly #donaldjudd #walterdemaria #bricemarden #ronihorn #dangraham #tonysmith #larrybell #peterhalley #robertmangold #annetruitt #johnmccracken #fredsandback #ulrichrückriem #richardartschwager #robertryman. #saatchiart #singulart @nicokoknl @singulartofficial @saatchiart https://www.instagram.com/p/CVixTr2MlBx/?utm_medium=tumblr

[lucygallery-deepmuseum]

MASH-UP Lucy White & Carl Andre left: post-mortem portrait series deepmuseum: https://www.instagram.com/deepmuseum/ right: One Hundred Sonnets, by Carl Andre (1963)

[societybydesign]

Coping with life through art: Minimalism

The past eight and a half months have been tumultuous to say the least — dare I say, unprecedented. I have certainly had a lot to grapple with this year, trying to navigate the pandemic, reckonings with race in America, the political landscape approaching the elections, natural disasters, and personal (so far, often failed) attempts to keep my mental health in check and sustain healthy relationships with others. That being just the tip of the iceberg, I know for a fact I am not alone in feeling weighted down by 2020.

The chaos of this year has shed a new light on one of my lesser favorite art movements/styles. As someone who loves art history, deciphering the metaphors, symbolism, and meaning behind all kinds of art, Minimalism always frustrated, and to be honest, bored me. That’s not to say I didn’t respect it as art, I just didn’t get the point of making something void of meaning. It was outwardly unrelatable. 

‘Untitled’, Donald Judd, 1980, concrete

‘Lament for the Children’, Carl Andre, 1976-1996, concrete blocks

Minimalism developed in the early 1960s as a counter-movement to Abstract Expressionism. It was a deliberate renunciation of the hyper-emotive artwork in favor of anonymity, lack of expression, and a reduction of art into its most basic shape, form, and material. Minimalist art does not try to represent anything other than itself, and when everything around you is chaotic and difficult to process, this offers more solace than I had previously appreciated.

‘The Diagonal of May 25, 1963 (to Constantin Brancusi)’, Dan Flavin, 1963, fluorescent light and metal fixtures

‘Cube Structure Based on Five Modules’, Sol LeWitt, 1975, acrylic on wood

The simple geometric shapes and perfect linework conjures feelings of control, balance, and harmony — all things that feel especially out of reach in the current moment. Minimalist art uses color and material with no underlying meaning. Often Minimalist art is sculptural, built from factory manufactured shop materials — raw and straightforward. When these works are placed in galleries, they are frequently displayed in ways that forces viewers to become more aware of the space surrounding them. To look at something made with intentional lack of emotion and narrative other than a heightened sense of awareness feels like a breath of fresh air.

‘Circles’, Sol LeWitt, 1973, lithograph

‘The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, II’, Frank Stella, 1959, enamel on canvas

It’s no new phenomenon that we experience art in relation to our own experiences and feelings, but at this point in our collective lives I feel as though Minimalism offers a refreshing escape. Whether it be visiting your local gallery (adorned with masks and strapped with sanitizer), finding archives or posts online, or creating yourself, Minimalism can provide some of the simplicity and structure that is lacking. Minimalist art does not project a feeling onto the viewer, the only thing it asks is that you are aware of the space around you, of shape and form and structure. Looking at Minimalist art is like a meditation for me, and I hope that upon reading this you can view it in a more cognizant way as well.

‘Happy Holiday’, Agnes Martin, 1999, acrylic paint and graphite on canvas

‘Untitled’, Robert Morris, 1965, reconstructed 1971, mirror glass and wood

[badarchitecturesucks]

Carl Andre

[abridurif]

Il y a dans mon travail beaucoup de doutes et d’incertitudes. En partie parce que je n’assemble pas de façon permanente les éléments de mes sculptures. Les Américains aiment qu’on les rassure. Les Européens se méfient des apparences de la certitude. (…) Si je n’avais pas exposé chez Konrad Fischer, je suis à peu près sûr que ma vie en tant qu’artiste aurait pris fin il y a longtemps. L’art est plutôt mort aux États-Unis. L’amour des prix élevés a chassé l’amour de l’art. Être un artiste, c’est devenu aussi ennuyeux et intéressé qu’être un agent de change. Mais pour Konrad, l’art était un moyen de devenir libre et de le rester.

Carl Andre, dans « My Life as an Artist Would Have Ended Long Ago… A Written Conversation with Carl Andre”, in Brigitte Kölle, Okey Dokey Konrad Fischer, 2007

[chalk-eraser-chalkboard]

Et Maintenant! “Now So What!” La Creation Contemporaine Au Japon ENSBA, Paris, 1998 Hiroshi Kariya, We are the chalk, We are the eraser, We are the chalkboard, 3456 Chalkboard, 54 Erasers, 144,000 Chalks. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkWVXZQuGMG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[xavierxa123]

Marcel Duchamp . . . . . . . . . . #manuelcalderon # frieze #colorfieldpainting #frankstella #donaldjudd #sollewitt #carlandre #richardserra #josephbeuys #marinaabramovic #pieromanzoni #johnbaldessari #christianboltanski #gerhardrichter #conceptualart #yvesklein #danielburen #josephkosuth #lawrenceweiner #marcelbroodthaers #jennyholzer #onkawara  #gilbertandgeorge #liuwei #bernarvenet #zhanghuan #francoismorellet #renémagritte #brucenauman #melbochner https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg023N2oYjo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bradypus]

Residue #sfmoma #museumlife #carlandre #gallery (at SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)

[moma-prints]

Plate (folio 5) from Pietre Foglie, Carl Andre, Ana Mendieta, 1984, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Purchase Size: composition (irreg.): 11 3/8 × 8 7/8" (28.9 × 22.6 cm); page (each): 13 7/16 × 9 5/8" (34.2 × 24.5 cm) Medium: One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs and four letterpress prints (including cover)

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/15586