My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.
About Carl Andre
Carl Andrewas an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks (such as Stone Field Sculpture, 1977, in Hartford, Connecticut, and Lament for the Children, 1976, in Long Island City, New York), to large interior works exhibited on the floor (such as 144 Magnesium Square, 1969), to small intimate works (such as Satier: Zinc on Steel, 1989, and 7 Alnico Pole, 2011).
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Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist.
American artist
Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
American artist
My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
American artist
My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.
American artist
It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment.
American artist
A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous.
American artist
I mean, art for art’s sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one’s needs.
American artist