Rewriting conceptual art

Abstract

"An international movement that developed along separate but parallel lines in Europe and America during the 1970s, conceptual art grew out of the legacy of Marcel Duchamp. Aiming to completely redefine the relationships between the production, definition and ownership of artworks and their various audiences, Conceptual artists rejected traditional formats, media and definitions. Instead they chose to address some of the key issues underlying modern life and art. Thse included the gulf between initial idea and finished work, the value assigned works of art in modern economies, the role of women and of feminine creativity in general, the politics of exhibition organization--in short, the ways art and the art world have been defined for centuries. Among the notable figures whose work is discussed in essays ranging from the evaluative to the theoretical are Judy Chicago, Robert Morris, Sol LeWitt, Marcel Broodthaers and Mary Kelly. The influence of conceptual Art continues to be felt today in the work of such controversial young artists as Rachel Whiteread and Damien Hirst"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Siting the page : exhibiting works in publications-- some examples of Conceptual art in the USA / Anne Rorimer -- Mappings : Situationists and/or Conceptualists / Peter Wollen -- Conceptual art and/as philosophy / Peter Osborne -- Still you ask more : demand, display and 'The New Art' / William Wood -- Minding the body : Robert Morris's 1971 Tate Gallery retrospective / Jon Bird -- Cleaning up in the 1970s : the work of Judy Chicago, Mary Kelly and Mierle Laderman Ukeles / Helen Molesworth -- Conceptual art history or, a home for homes in America / David Campany -- Media art : Conceptualism in Latin America in the 1960s / Alex Alberro -- Matter of words : translations in East European Conceptualism / Desa Philippi -- Giulio Paolini / Stephen Bann -- Marcel Broodthaers : the place of the subject / Birgit Pelzer -- After Conceptual art : Joe Scanlan's Nesting Bookcases, Duchamp, design and the impossibility of disappearing / Michael Newman.