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Hesse, Eva. Contingent, 1969, cheese-cloth and latex

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Hesse, Eva. Contingent, 1969, cheese-cloth and latex

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Hesse’s Contingent is interesting in many ways.  Its made of organic material so it has an aspect of decay surrounding it. Its going to partially deteriorate at some point or another. Its meant to last while it lasts. Its parallel much likethe work of the minimalist sculptures also in this show but its in a different way. It moves. It doesn’t stay put right where you want it and stay there until you decide to move. It wants to change and become due to the different environment it encounters, not be still. It shows the notion of what can be when people just leave things be in environment but also like the other pieces does it simply, but with clear purpose for why its there. Its made of cheesecloth and latex and consistents of many parts parallel to each other.

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Bourgeois, Louise, Fillette, 1968, plaster and latex

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Bourgeois, Louise, Fillette, 1968, plaster and latex

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Bourgeois’s Fillette is an interesting piece in how much it can be read into. The name in itself is translated out to mean little girl and it depicts something that is completely phallic in nature but its name is anything but. It shows a connection between the notion of what a little girl is and what a phallus means and truly brings up Freudian issues in that.  It doesn’t go beyond that in explaining but its quite clear what the message means in how society links these things together. The fact that its made uncomfortable because of the name means something. It means that humanity knows whats wrong with those notions, but it still does it anyway. Its made of natural materials as well. That makes it even more human in relation. Overall it’s a piece that’s simple in structure but means oh so much more.

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Die is a huge metal perfect cube. Smith’s Die is interesting in how simple a notion it is. It’s a box. It’s a metal box placed in the center of an exhibit and is telling you “look at me”. It is not going beyond what needs to be said and it does not believe it needs to read much. It’s a box. Nothing more, nothing less, and that can be read into for many reasons. But that is in the viewer’s own hands. It’s not telling you to read into it. It just is. And that’s why it belongs in this show because beyond anything else it’s stating nothing. And everything else is placed onto it. So it’s a true opposite to things with planned meaning.

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Lewitt, Sol, Incomplete Open Cube, 1974, enamel paint and alumin

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Lewitt, Sol, Incomplete Open Cube, 1974, enamel paint and alumin

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Incomplete Open Cube 4/5 is a metal sculpture in white that shows a unfinished cube. Lewitt’s piece is similar to the others that belong to the world of minimalism and its even more minimalistic in the fact that its not finished on purpose. It’s called “incomplete open cube 4/5” so that’s what it must be viewed as and that’s interesting in itself. It is going beyond the simple idea of minimalism and making it complicated by expressing the notion that things don’t need to be finished to work. That it is still a piece in itself even if it doesn’t fit the stereotypical way that it ought to be finished. But it still has no deeper meaning in itself. It’s still a piece that is making the statement “I don’t mean anything” and that is why it belongs in the show.

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Many things in the world have concise reasons and structures about how they work. Art is not quite like that. Over many years art has had many different movements and many different reasons for it being as it is. One clear point for discussion is whether art must have a purpose. That is to say, whether or not there is a specific message to be told with the given piece. Over the years different groups of artists have made artwork that goes from the extremely abstract to the versions that show the most distinct of reasons. In this show there are two related but very different movements: the minimalist movement and the Eccentric Abstract movement. They both share a common form of sculpture. The sculptures vary in techniques and material but they share the common form of not being overly complicated. In some of the pieces that can be connected to minimalism it can be clearly noticed that they have very little to do with the organic or even the human touch. They are metal structures put together to precise instructions. They claim to not tell you anything. And in a way that is a message in itself to claim to say nothing. The eccentric abstract pieces on the other hand challenge because even when they do not use organic materials as some do, they still show something organic. Also they are full of meaning. Having pieces that speak something versus pieces that claim to say nothing is an interesting juxtaposition, especially when they are from movements that are related and communicate to each other in somewhat similar times. This show is about that difference in what things that are similar can mean or not mean. Things can be looked at, looked behind, and looked within, but the artist’s first intention has a huge amount of meaning. It shows what the true purpose of the piece was, at least from the outlook on the main subject. It shows what its supposed to say. And that is important, because it shows the intention. Different things mean different things to different people, so this is about intent.

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Judd, Donald, Untitled, 1977, acrylic sheets and stainless steel

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Judd, Donald, Untitled, 1977, acrylic sheets and stainless steel

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Untitled shows many metal structures of the same size and shape placed on a wall. the color of the pieces is blue and it is placed perfectly vertically. Judd’s piece is a mechanical one. It belongs in this show because it shows what a piece that is meant to say nothing is. It’s a metal structure that was made by machine. This structure shows what can happen when its just instruction making it so. It’s not meant to say anything beyond what it is, a piece of art. Its depth is that simple and in that it’s made a bit more complicated because its simple. It means what says and nothing beyond that. So it’s also saying the statement that it has no meaning whatsoever and in itself, that is a meaning.

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http://juddfoundation.org/artist/art/
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/346.2011/?
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.127623.html
http://library.artstor.org/library/ExternalIV.jsp?objectId=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3gveVx0cSE%3D&fs=true
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https://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=49353
http://louisebourgeois.yolasite.com/gallery.php