Sundance Channel http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered Fresh culture daily. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:20:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Not much to look at: conceptual art at the MoMA http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/08/not-much-to-look-at-conceptual-art-at-the-moma/ http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/08/not-much-to-look-at-conceptual-art-at-the-moma/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:42:42 +0000 Perrin Drumm http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/?p=23651 gilbert-and-george

Gilbert and George

Conceptual art can be funny, poignant and clever, but overall, with a few exceptions, I find it to be one of the most visually underwhelming schools of art. I suppose that's bound to happen when the artist lays out the framework or provides only the idea (the concept) and leaves the rest of the work - in some cases the entire visual element of a piece - to the viewer. It's curious then that the artist I like best out of the bunch is Lawrence Weiner. It has a lot to do with our mutual love of the letterform, but I also genuinely enjoy thinking (conceptualizing) about the concrete thing his words describe.]]> http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/08/not-much-to-look-at-conceptual-art-at-the-moma/feed/ 0