Ideas about the 2nd Readings

In Sol LeWitt's article, I found a lot of interesting and relevant information that pertains to projects we have done in class. I really thought of the color project with the tea packets I saw last class as well as the manga recreation.With this article I found it helpful to also look up the definitions of the movements and words that were important because the artist said he defined them, yet you don't know if he skewed the definition to his advantage. Considering this piece as a whole I think there were a lot of statements presented about Conceptual art and it's meaning, as well as how it compares to other art and things around it.

The other articles were also very interesting. In the Fluxus Story by Dick Higgins I felt like I was involved in a narrative about the defending of the originality of the Fluxus movement and how the original creators of the idea had to fight to keep the imitators away. The whole movement seemed like it had to fight for it's originality as well as keeping in check with there normal lives, because for instance Maciunas had issues with the way his mother received the displaying of his work to the public. I also thought it was interesting the way he described the creation of the Anthology because they said it was more simple than complicated when it was first created since they didn't have a true name to associate the movement with. Overall, the ideas in this second passage were very intereging to read.

Allan Kaprow's article was also very interesting presenting the idea that art doesn't have a lot of differentiating qualities between the mediums. That artists have gone beyond the limits of confining to certain things although museums have pushed to keep the limitations between the viewer and the art work.

It's about releasing the artist

says Allan in the last paragraph, but is it truly if the work doesn't have an ability to have an intimate connection with the viewer? So then he says the goal is to not allow a barrier between art and life. The las paragraph is very complete in his thoughts on life and art.

Last the second article by Dick Higgins called The Origin of the Happening is captivating in the sense that it discusses the artists around in the time of Dick Higgins.


Reviews By: Sara Gomer