A profusion of substance

Author

Spector, Buzz

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Artforum. 1989, Num. 2, Vol. 28, 120-128, 12 ill. (4 col.)

ISSN

0004-3532

Abstract (en)

Discusses the use of actual organic substances (food, flesh, excrement, the products of nature et al.) in 20th c. art, and examines their purpose and meaning. Cites Dada and Surrealist activities as well as Happenings and performances of the 1960s and 1970s, but focuses on the use of organic materials by contemporary artists, including Wolfgang Laib, Rona Pondick, Maureen Connor, Ann Hamilton and Mario Merz.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- New media
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Nature
• Food
• Dada
• Surrealism
• Happenings
• Performance art
• Connor, Maureen, b.1947
• Laib, Wolfgang, b.1950
• Iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Nouvelles formes artistiques
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Nature
• Alimentation
• Dada
• Surréalisme
• Happening
• Performance
• Connor, Maureen, n.1947
• Laib, Wolfgang, n.1950
• Iconographie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00461206

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