Art & Language :.

Art & Language

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Brief Introduction and Quickfacts
Detailed Description
Artists and Paintings
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Tools for digitial artists, prompters and word smiths

Overview and quickfacts

Art & Language is a conceptual art practice, founded in the 1960s. It is characterized by the use of text, often in the form of written instructions or critiques, as a means of creating artworks. Art & Language has been influential in the development of conceptual art, and their work often addresses issues of artistic process and the relationship between art and language.

The art style is also known as: Aesthetics, Creativity, Culture, Expression, Imagination, Media, Music, Painting, Photography, Sculpture
Categories: Impressionism, Modernism

1. Mel Ramsden (born 1936) 2. Michael Baldwin (born 1945) 3. David Rushton (born 1945) 4. Graham Buchan (born 1947) 5. Tony Godfrey (born 1947) 6. Andrew Menard (born 1947) 7. Terry Atkinson (born 1948) 8. Michael Corris (born 1949) 9. Joseph Kosuth (born 1945) 10. Robert Smithson (1938-1973) 11. On Kawara (1933-2014) 12. Yoko Ono (born 1933) 13. John Cage (1912-1992) 14. Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) 15. Jasper Johns (born 1930) 16. Andy Warhol (1928-1987) 17. Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) 18. Barnett Newman (1905-1970) 19. Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967) 20. Mark Rothko (1903-1970) 21. Clyfford Still (1904-1980) 22. Barnett Newman (1905-1970) 23. Kenneth Noland (1924-2010) 24. Jules Olitski (1922-2007) 25. Richard Serra (born 1939) 26. Frank Stella (born 1936) 27. Robert Morris (born 1931) 28. Bruce Nauman (born 1941) 29. Richard Long (born 1945) 30. Hamish Fulton (born 1946)

1. “The Death of Marat” by Jacques-Louis David (1793) 2. “The Raft of the Medusa” by Théodore Géricault (1819) 3. “The Hay Wagon” by Jean-François Millet (1850) 4. “The Gleaners” by Jean-François Millet (1857) 5. “The Sower” by Jean-François Millet (1850) 6. “The Angelus” by Jean-François Millet (1859) 7. “The First Steps” by Édouard Manet (1861) 8. “The Luncheon on the Grass” by Édouard Manet (1863) 9. “Olympia” by Édouard Manet (1863) 10. “The Railway” by Édouard Manet (1873) 11. “A Bar at the Folies-Bergère” by Édouard Manet (1882) 12. “The Absinthe Drinker” by Édouard Manet (1859) 13. “The Déjeuner sur l’herbe” by Claude Monet (1866) 14. “The Haystacks” by Claude Monet (1891-2) 15. “The Poppy Field” by Claude Monet (1873) 16. “The Water Lilies” by Claude Monet (1899) 17. “Boulevard des Capucines” by Claude Monet (1873) 18. “Impression, Sunrise” by Claude Monet (1872) 19. “The Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh (1889) 20. “Café Terrace at Night” by Vincent van Gogh (1888) 21. “The Potato Eaters” by Vincent van Gogh (1885) 22. “Sunflowers” by Vincent van Gogh (1888) 23. “Wheat Field with Cypresses” by Vincent van Gogh (1889) 24. “The Bedroom” by Vincent van Gogh (1889) 25. “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper (1942) 26. “Chop Suey” by Edward Hopper (1929) 27. “New York Movie” by Edward Hopper (1939) 28. “Office at Night” by Edward Hopper (1940) 29. “Gas” by Edward Hopper (1940) 30. “Seven A.M.” by Edward Hopper (1948)

Detailed Description

Art & Language is an international and collaborative group of artists, writers, and thinkers whose work is characterized by a critical engagement with conceptual art and language-based practices. Since the early 1970s, Art & Language has been a significant force in the development and dissemination of conceptual art. Famous artists associated with Art & Language include Michael Baldwin, Mel Ramsden, and David Rushton. Baldwin and Ramsden founded the group in 1969, and Rushton joined in 1971. The three artists were the core members of Art & Language throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Art & Language is best known for its early work, which was often critical of the art world and its institutions. The group’s work was sometimes compared to Dada and Situationism, and it was influential on the development of conceptual art. One of the most famous Art & Language works is the “Incomplete History of Art,” a project that began in the early 1970s. The “Incomplete History” is a parody of art history, and it includes a number of fake paintings and sculptures. Other notable Art & Language works include the “Portrait of an Artist” (1972), a series of photographs of the members of the group; “The Death of Painting” (1974), a performance in which the group destroyed a painting; and “The Mirror Stage” (1977), a series of photographs in which the members of the group posed in front of mirrors. Art & Language has been the subject of a number of exhibitions, including a retrospective at the Tate Modern in London in 2008.