All the rules will change

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Object Details

writer of essay
Hankins, Evelyn Carol
Lake, Susan
Langenbacher, Julia
Irwin, Robert 1928-
Rivenc, Rachel
Simms, Matthew Thomas
Winkworth, Jennifer
host institution
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Subject
Irwin, Robert 1928-
This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Robert Irwin: All the Rules Will Change, organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, April 7 - September 5, 2016.
HMSG copy 39088016564544 signed by Robert Irwin.
Contents
Foreword / Melissa Chiu -- Experiencing the ineffable : Robert Irwin in the 1960s / Evelyn C. Hankins -- Plates -- Robert Irwin and the crux of contemporary art / Matthew Simms -- Irwin sub rosa / Jennifer (Licht) Winkworth -- The artist's methods and materials / Susan F. Lake, Rachel Rivenc, and Julia Langenbacher -- Notes toward a model / Robert Irwin -- Exhibition history through 1970 -- Annotated bibliography through 1970 / Michael Vetter
Summary
"Robert Irwin, one of the most influential postwar American artists and a pioneering figure of California Light and Space Art, is the subject of this book that traces his development and remarkable accomplishments in the 1960s. The first publication to focus exclusively on Irwin's extraordinary trajectory during the 1960s, this book explores how the artist moved from creating small-scale abstract paintings to temporary installations that responded to the specific circumstances of a given site. During this relatively brief interval, Irwin methodically interrogated the most essential premises of art and, in the process, ultimately redefined what a work of art could be, proposing that art not be limited to objects but be considered a way of seeing. Through its discussion of Irwin's paintings, sculptures, and his new site--conditioned scrim installation created in response to the Hirshhorn's distinctive round architecture, this publication immerses the reader in the artist's groundbreaking investigations into the nature of color, light, and perception. The essays offer fresh insights into Irwin's art while highlighting his pivotal role in the broader aesthetic developments in the 1960s."--Publisher's website.
2016
20th century
Type
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Physical description
176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Place
United States
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic
Art, Abstract
Installations (Art)
Art, American
Record ID
siris_sil_1056495
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0