International Conceptual Art

Question 1

Conceptual art

Answer 1

global phenomenon

not medium specific

Question 2

Seth Siegelamb

Answer 2

supports Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence Weiner

Question 3

Joseph Kosuth, Titled Art as Idea as Idea

Answer 3

1968
text is a quicker way of getting messages across/ getting to ideas
very material

Question 4

Lawrence Weiner, A 2 Inch Wide 1 Inch Deep Trench Cut Across A Standard One -Car Driveway

Answer 4

1968
works could be illustrated in textual form
privilege idea
about the actions behind the work
‘Statements’ - lists every work he’s ever made

Question 5

Robert Barry, ‘Inert Gas Series, Helium’

Answer 5

1969

visualisation of an invisible process

Question 6

Hans Haacke, MoMA poll

Answer 6

1970
‘Information’ - art world thinking about mass media
no attention to medium in which information is produced
v zeitgeist exhibition
“Would the fact that Governor Rockefeller has not denounced President Nixon’s Indochina policy be a reason for you not to vote for him in November?”