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June 12, 2004
Cubism
In my seminar I discussed appropriation starting with Duchamp's readymade. I am interested in conceptual art's use of appropriation to disrupt conventions and make hybrid statements. The image here is Picasso's 'Still Life with Chair Caning' from 1912 [MusÈe Picasso, Paris ñ reproduced without permission ñ ha ha]. Cubism is interesting in that it predates conceptual art in a number of ways . . .
1. The introduction of EVERYDAY images and objects into works prefigures Duchamp's readymades.
2. It was about EPISTEMOLOGY, an inquiry into representation, and how we know what we know
3. It attempted to foil or DISRUPT the expectations of the viewer
4. It was about FUSING the life of the street with the traditionally hermetic life of the studio.
. . . while I was completely ignorant of this it sounds very similar to where I'd been going with this notion of a hybrid practitioner.
Posted by Luke Wood at June 12, 2004 11:40 AM
Comments
Since looking at this I see where you are coming from in regards to the post on my blog. I think that this idea of disrupting and foiling viewers expectations is quite interesting as do I find the idea of using or re-appropriating everyday systems or forms to convey different idea or invole some form of thought. That initial idea of using texts and/or films could be interesting, but I suppose, we need to think of a desired end before we can start to think of the forms and content of the project.
Posted by: Keith Deverell at June 14, 2004 10:29 PM