Conceptualism and Materiality : Matters of Art and Politics.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (346 pages)
- Studies in Art and Materiality Series ; v.2 .
- Studies in Art and Materiality Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Contributors -- Part 1 Reconsidering Materiality and 'Dematerialization' -- Chapter 1 Introduction Conceptualism and Materiality. Matters of Art and Politics -- Chapter 2 Wholly Obsolete or Always a Possibility? Past and Present Trajectories of a 'Dematerialization' of Art -- Part 2 Intangible Materials -- Chapter 3 From Air to Architecture Michael Asher's Early Air Works -- Chapter 4 Formula and Factory Jan Chwałczyk and Jerzy Ludwiński's Highly Material Conceptualism -- Chapter 5 Another Matter Antimatter and the Dematerialization of Art -- Part 3 Language as Material -- Chapter 6 Language is a Change in Material On Lawrence Weiner's Ellipses -- Chapter 7 Ian Wilson, Conceptual Art, and the Materialization of Language -- Part 4 Materials of Communication -- Chapter 9 Marginal Media and Manual Multiples Edgardo Antonio Vigo's Conceptual-Artisanal Aesthetic -- Part 5 Materials and Affects -- Chapter 10 Matsuzawa Yutaka and the Spirit of Suwa -- Chapter 11 Materializing Conceptual Affects The Love Discourse of Zofia Kulik's Letter from Milan (1972) -- Index of Names.
Conceptualism and Materiality. Matters of Art and Politics underscores the significance of materials and materiality within Conceptual art and conceptualism more broadly. It challenges the notion of conceptualism as an idea-centered, anti-materialist enterprise, and highlights the political implications thereof.