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Sol Lewitt, Robert Barry, Mel Bochner, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Hanne Darboven, Ilya Kabakov, etc.
Venet Bernar
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Published in New York, two essays written by Sol Lewitt defined this movement: “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art” in 1967, and “Sentences on Conceptual “ in Art” in 1969.
The concept is considered as the essential element of the art work. At the time of its conception, the art project is viewed in its entirety and includes the choice of media, techniques and materials which will be used in its realization. The actual fabrication becomes no more than a mere consequence or a simple formality in the whole process.
The artists inolved in the movement engaged in a reflection upon the reasons for art to express itself, the artistic language, and the meaning of the act of creating. To find the answers to these questions, they wrote and published extensively.
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Others movements :
ITALIAN NOVECENTO -
RAYONNISM -
NEW FIGURATION -
Index chosen on the movements, important currents and events in the XX 2nd century art
I wanted to give here, with 46 various short introductions, some general elements on the movements or currents of art, groups or exhibitions, which concern the artists whose works are presented in gallery or were it recently. The table, above, will make it possible to visually locate the periods or dates in time.
Each entry is followed of a list of the principal artists belonging to the movement or current. It may be that there is only one simple relationship between such or such artist and the movement in which in theory one locates it (Click on the names in blue to reveal work or works currently in stock).
It will be understood, some movements are represented much than of others in my gallery. The same artist will be often found in several movements (as each one knows it, it was thus).
Although these some introductions, briefly developed, are not addressed to the specialists, they will forgive me the few lapses of memory or choices which would lend to discussion. I hope that these tiny introductions will be however useful to some of you. Michelle Champetier
