About The Work
Considered one of the founders of Conceptual art, Robert Barry's ambition to discard the object of art in order to concentrate on the idea is particularly strong. His interest for questions of perception bring him to the renouncement of visuality. Something in a Box gives the opportunity to replay on another scale—a box made of walnut wood, containing 62 index cards. Each card proposes a different statement by Barry—62 Statements althogether. The first one introduces the following: SOMETHING THAT... and then 61 statements that are supposed to define SOMETHING, the essence of which remains irrevocably unknown.
Courtesy of Michèle Didier Gallery
About Robert Barry
From The Magazine
Work on Paper
62 statements on index cards in walnut wood box
4.02 x 5.98 in
10.2 x 15.2 cm
This work is signed and numbered.
About The Work
Considered one of the founders of Conceptual art, Robert Barry's ambition to discard the object of art in order to concentrate on the idea is particularly strong. His interest for questions of perception bring him to the renouncement of visuality. Something in a Box gives the opportunity to replay on another scale—a box made of walnut wood, containing 62 index cards. Each card proposes a different statement by Barry—62 Statements althogether. The first one introduces the following: SOMETHING THAT... and then 61 statements that are supposed to define SOMETHING, the essence of which remains irrevocably unknown.
Courtesy of Michèle Didier Gallery
About Robert Barry
From The Magazine
Produced and published in 2014 by mfc-michèle didier.
- The quoted dimensions are for each index card. The box measures 12.4 x 17.4 x 4.9 cm.
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