Snippets of Research from this week...

I read about one recent exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum 'Materialising 'Six Years': Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of the Conceptual Art' looks to the processes of the Conceptual Art movement;

'showcases the artists brought together and championed by Lippard, and demonstrates how her curatorial projects, critical writing, and political engagement helped to redefine exhibition-making, art criticism, and the viewing experience'

I also read a review, which described as briliant, but, 'not a visually ingratiating show', with many of the pieces being documentations, photographic, and very ambiguous. Douglas Huebler is among these,  producing work in numerous media often involving documentary photography, maps and text to explore social environments and the effect of passing time on objects. He suggests that the art object is obselete '"The world is full of objects, more or less interesting; I do not wish to add any more."

Something to consider, as how do we make this process or documentation exciting? Why is the object obselete? Can it be an object that reflects the documentation? It seems there can be too much Information, or is there too much Ambiguity in  sculptural conceptual piece of art from the 60s, such as the minimalist period. It made me think about my BLANK pieces and the ideas I have about arousing this 'thoughfulness'; where is the middle ground? 

It also made me think about the success of particpation, as I am currently trying to gain photos of peoples everyday, I have had few responses, so maybe its more about SETTING UP THE TIME OR SPACE myself...

However, another interesting part of the week was a visit to the Whitworth for the Artist Talks series, where we listened to Emily from THE SHOWROOM London, which strangely centred around her ideas about the importance of ART-PARTICIPATION-RESEARCH within their gallery. 

This gallery comissions artworks, provides a strating point for artists and first solo shows and importantly, branches out into its locality, important when such high art galleries, such as the Lisson Gallery are close by, where accessibilty and involvement with the art is limited by the locals.  They aim to involve the locals, to become co-researchers in creating the art (but its not described as participation, as that suggest a pre-constructed outcome...). It was all very interesting stuff, the concept of the space made me really think about what I want to do with my art, and ideas about high art/low art sprung up in my head...

Further ponders/work required.