Tag Archives: absence


Barbara Bloom

Barbara Bloom Monument to J.-L. Godard, 1986

Barbara Bloom, ‘Monument to J.-L. Godard’ (1986)


Timm Ulrichs

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Timm Ulrichs, ‘Der Künstler als Aufseher’ (The Artist as Invigilator) (2009)


Joan Jonas

Joan Jonas Mirror Piece

Joan Jonas, ‘Mirror Piece’ (1969)


Fernando Ortega

Fernando Ortega, 15 Squeaks Less, 2004-1

Fernando Ortega, 15 Squeaks Less, 2004-2

Fernando Ortega, ’15 squeaks less’ (2004)


Felix Gonzalez-Torres

 

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Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Loverboy) (1989)


Roni Horn

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Roni Horn, ‘Water, Selected’ from  Vatnasafn / Library of Water

In the small town of Stykkishólmur, north of Reykjavik, Roni Horn has filled an old library with 24 glass columns containing glacial water collected from around Iceland.


Ignasi Aballi

Libros 2000 by Ignasi Aballi

‘Libros’ (2000) by Ignasi Aballi


Marinus Boezem

‘The absence of my chair’ (1968), Marinus Boezem


Ján Mancuška

Ján Mancuška, ‘800 Ways to Describe a Chair’ (2004)

Multiple gunshots are taken at a chair sitting against a wall. After the wall has been marked, the chair is removed, leaving its silhouette behind.


Sofia Leiby

Work from ‘Salutary plank’ (2010) by Sofia Leiby

Screenprint on found book page.

‘Salutary Plank’ is a modest memorial ‘plaque’ installed at Ox-Bow School of Art commemorating the absence of happiness in a specific domain, or, the infeasibility of nostalgic fulfillment in the modern “natural” landscape.