Full House
17 Oct 2008 - 18 Jan 2009
Koo Jeong-A
Oslo, 1998
crushed aspirin, wood, and blue light.
dimensions variable
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Purchased with funds contributed by the Young Collectors Council, 2003. 2003.62. Photograph by David Heald © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
Oslo, 1998
crushed aspirin, wood, and blue light.
dimensions variable
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Purchased with funds contributed by the Young Collectors Council, 2003. 2003.62. Photograph by David Heald © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
FULL HOUSE
17.10.2008 - 18.01.2009
The viewer is king
Full House - the Kouri Collection and American Minimalist Adventures is an exploration of one of the enduring cornerstones of contemporary art, Minimalism. Spread across two stories, the exhibition traces the paths of Minimalism from the late 1960s to the present.
Minimalism emerged among a generation of young New York artists at the turn of the 1960s. These artists never formed a school or had a manifesto; they were simply linked by a similar approach to art: an aim at objective and depersonified expression, non-representative, geometrical and repetitive, and using ready-made industrial materials.
We may say that Minimalism brought a radical change in how we look at and experience art. All Minimalists emphasized the primacy of the viewer. Art is not just for looking at; it has an impact on the viewer and challenges that viewer to experience the space in a new way.
Some contemporary artists have distanced themselves, with irony, from the giants of Minimalism. Their works may be just as strictly geometrical as those of the Minimalists, but with new content focusing on subjective emotions, opinions and statements. They also play with their materials, replacing industrial steel and wood board with materials as diverse as liquorice candy or aspirin. Full House is an invitation to experience Minimalism with all your senses.
17.10.2008 - 18.01.2009
The viewer is king
Full House - the Kouri Collection and American Minimalist Adventures is an exploration of one of the enduring cornerstones of contemporary art, Minimalism. Spread across two stories, the exhibition traces the paths of Minimalism from the late 1960s to the present.
Minimalism emerged among a generation of young New York artists at the turn of the 1960s. These artists never formed a school or had a manifesto; they were simply linked by a similar approach to art: an aim at objective and depersonified expression, non-representative, geometrical and repetitive, and using ready-made industrial materials.
We may say that Minimalism brought a radical change in how we look at and experience art. All Minimalists emphasized the primacy of the viewer. Art is not just for looking at; it has an impact on the viewer and challenges that viewer to experience the space in a new way.
Some contemporary artists have distanced themselves, with irony, from the giants of Minimalism. Their works may be just as strictly geometrical as those of the Minimalists, but with new content focusing on subjective emotions, opinions and statements. They also play with their materials, replacing industrial steel and wood board with materials as diverse as liquorice candy or aspirin. Full House is an invitation to experience Minimalism with all your senses.