Modernisms 1900 - 1980

Conceptual and Performance Art

The Modernists proposed that art could be anything—so why couldn't it be an idea or an action?

c. 1960 - present

Movements

Conceptual Art

Performance art

Performance art

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What is a chair? And what happens when you sit on one and stare into the eyes of an artist?

Conceptual art in Beirut: Farid Haddad’s “Hearts and Monuments”

Conceptual art in Beirut: Farid Haddad’s “Hearts and Monuments”

Yayoi Kusama, <em>Infinity Mirrored Room—My Heart is Dancing into the Universe</em>

Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room—My Heart is Dancing into the Universe

Raphael Montañez Ortiz, <em>Duncan Terrace Piano Destruction Concert: The Landesmans’ Homage to “Spring can really hang you up the most”</em>

Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Duncan Terrace Piano Destruction Concert: The Landesmans’ Homage to “Spring can really hang you up the most”

Martha Rosler, <em>Semiotics of the Kitchen</em>

Martha Rosler, Semiotics of the Kitchen

Martha Rosler, <em>The Bowery in Two Inadequate Descriptive Systems</em>

Martha Rosler, The Bowery in Two Inadequate Descriptive Systems

Black Mountain College

Black Mountain College

Shiraga Kazuo, <em>Challenging Mud (Doro ni idomu)</em>

Shiraga Kazuo, Challenging Mud (Doro ni idomu)

Gordon Matta-Clark, <em>Splitting</em>

Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting

The Case for Conceptual Art

The Case for Conceptual Art

Mierle Laderman Ukeles, <em>Washing/Tracks/Maintenance: Outside (July 23, 1973)</em>

Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Washing/Tracks/Maintenance: Outside (July 23, 1973)

The Case for Performance Art

The Case for Performance Art

Conceptual Art: An Introduction

Conceptual Art: An Introduction

Selected Contributors

Dr. Tom Folland

Dr. Leta Y. Ming

Tina Rivers Ryan

Dr. Virginia B. Spivey