Sol Lewitt. Artforum (June, 1967). The editor has written me that he is in favor of avoiding “the notion that the artist is a kind of ape that has to be explained by the civilized critic”. This should be good news to both artists and apes. With this assurance I hope to justify his confidence. To use a baseball metaphor (one artist wanted to hit the ball out of the park, another to stay loose at the plate and hit the ball where it was pitched), I am grateful for the opportunity to strike out for myself. I will refer to the kind of art in which I am involved as conceptual art. Conceptual art is not necessarily logical.
Art that is meant for the sensation of the eye primarily would be called perceptual rather than conceptual. Since the function of conception and perception are contradictory (one pre-, the other postfact) the artist would mitigate his idea by applying subjective judgment to it. To work with a plan that is preset is one way of avoiding subjectivity. Sentences on Conceptual Art 1. 2. 3. Sentences on Conceptual Art. Jameson_Postmodernism__cultural_logic_late_capitalism. Aesthetics and Arts Education. Three Theories of Art. Othercriteria. Methods & Theories of Art History: Amazon.co.uk: Anne D'Alleva. Laocoon. Subversivecataloguepages. Krauss%20-%20Sculpture%20in%20the%20Expanded%20Field. Paragraphs on Conceptual Art. Paragraphs on Conceptual Art By Sol Lewitt The editor has written me that he is in favor of avoiding “the notion that the artist is a kind of ape that has to be explained by the civilized critic”.
This should be good news to both artists and apes. With this assurance I hope to justify his confidence. To use a baseball metaphor (one artist wanted to hit the ball out of the park, another to stay loose at the plate and hit the ball where it was pitched), I am grateful for the opportunity to strike out for myself. I will refer to the kind of art in which I am involved as conceptual art. In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.
Conceptual art is not necessarily logical. Art that is meant for the sensation of the eye primarily would be called perceptual rather than conceptual. Since the function of conception and perception are contradictory (one pre-, the other post fact) the artist would mitigate his idea by applying subjective judgment to it.