Conceptual Art

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Conceptual Art
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True or False?

• 1.____ Art doesnt have to be created, just the
  idea is good enough to be called art.
• 2. ____Art can be a performance, text, or a set
  of instructions.
• 3. ____Art is something that should be
  experienced.
• 4. ____Art can be a tin can with poop in it.
• What is art?

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• What is Conceptual Art?
• began in the early 20th century especially the
  1960s
• based on the belief that art may exist solely as
  an idea
• Influenced by the Dada movement and the work of
  the Marcel Duchamp (creator of the "ready-made)
• IDEAS
• Challenging notions about art, society, politics,
  and the media
• Knowledge and thought gained in artistic
  production was more important than the finished
  product.
• meant to be proactive and questioning to the
  nature of art.

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• APPROACH
• Belief that art can be written, published,
  performed, fabricated, or simply thought.
• The use of text is very common, it also typically
  incorporates photographs, instructions, maps, and
  videos.
• It rejecting the importance of the creator or a
  talent in the traditional art forms such as
  painting and sculpture.
• It challenged the importance of traditional art,
  the use of materials, techniques and rules.
• forerunner for installation, digital, and
  performance art, more generally art that can be
  experienced.

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48. Marcel Duchamp. Bottle Rack Series. (1914)
Readymade.
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Marcel Duchamp
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49. Piero Manzoni. Living Sculpture. (1961).
Italy.
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50. Yoko Ono. Grapefruit, First Edition. (1964).
Book.
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PAINTING TO EXIST ONLY WHEN IT'S COPIED OR
PHOTOGRAPHED

• Let people copy or photograph your paintings.
  Destroy the originals.1964 Spring

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PAINTING TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN YOUR HEAD

• Go on transforming a square canvas in your head
  until
• it becomes a circle. Pick out any shape in the
• process and pin up or place on the canvas an
  object, a
• smell, a sound or a colour that came to your mind
  in
• association with the shape.
• 1962 Spring

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SNOW PIECE

• Think that snow is falling. Think that snow is
• falling everywhere all the time. When you talk
• with a person, think that snow is falling between
• you and on the person. Stop conversing when
• you think the person is covered by snow.
• 1963

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TUNAFISH SANDWICH PIECE

• Imagine one thousand suns in the sky at the
• same time. Let them shine for one hour. Then,
• let them gradually melt into the sky. Make one
• tunafish sandwich and eat.
• 1964 Spring

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• Photographs of
• Yoko Ono John Lennon