Australian Art And Identity Essay

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KVB113
Australian Art and Identity
Semester 1, 2018
Assessment 2: Essay
Hyunjoo Jun
N10171088

Week 7: Conceptual Art, Performance and Neo-Expressionism
Conceptual art, namely post-object art or art-as-idea, chiefly refers to the mid-latter 20th century art movement whose artworks are characterised by their medium of concept that is manipulated by language (Lisa S. Wainwright 2018, para. 1). This idea of art as an idea originated from Marcel Duchamp’s conceptual approach to art in early 20th century that was reappraised between 1950s – when the beat generation emerged - and 1960s – the decade of counterculture, as well as the beginning of Australia’s active contribution in global art theory (Elif Cakıroglu 2014, 1; Andrew McNamara 2018). Underscoring …show more content…

By analysing their work Superknit series, AM-PM and 1-6 Mirror Piece, conceptual art is identified to be both historically and inventively pivotal in the 20th century’s art history as it was a critical impetus of the transition from the modernism to contemporary …show more content…

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