About The Work
Following his own compositional method devised in 1969, Barry has created a collection of twenty-four sets, each made up of three parts, which respectively contain a statement. The two primary statements are repeated in each set, whereas the third is one of twenty-four possibilities, creating just as many possible combinations. While using, playing with, staging and questioning words, the statements from Somethings that… are unique in that they never conjure up an image. Although the combinations of words hold meaning and are grammatically correct, no visual transcription arises in the reader’s mind: the thought remains textual and evolves as such.
Courtesy of mfc-michèle didier gallery
About Robert Barry
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Think About It: 9 Masterpieces of Conceptual Art You Need to Know
- Art 101: "The Scene of the Crime Is the Bed": Artist Monica Bonvicini on the Allure of BDSM, and Making the Political Personal
- Interviews & Features: What We Lose When We Confuse Art Fairs and Exhibitions
- Art 101: Conceptual Art
Set of three sheets of paper in a cardboard portfolio mounted in grey paper. Offset print on Munken Lynx, 150 g
11.02 x 8.46 x 0.24 in
28.0 x 21.5 x 0.6 cm
Certificate signed and numbered by the artist.
About The Work
Following his own compositional method devised in 1969, Barry has created a collection of twenty-four sets, each made up of three parts, which respectively contain a statement. The two primary statements are repeated in each set, whereas the third is one of twenty-four possibilities, creating just as many possible combinations. While using, playing with, staging and questioning words, the statements from Somethings that… are unique in that they never conjure up an image. Although the combinations of words hold meaning and are grammatically correct, no visual transcription arises in the reader’s mind: the thought remains textual and evolves as such.
Courtesy of mfc-michèle didier gallery
About Robert Barry
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Think About It: 9 Masterpieces of Conceptual Art You Need to Know
- Art 101: "The Scene of the Crime Is the Bed": Artist Monica Bonvicini on the Allure of BDSM, and Making the Political Personal
- Interviews & Features: What We Lose When We Confuse Art Fairs and Exhibitions
- Art 101: Conceptual Art
Produced and published in 2016 by mfc-michèle didier.© 2016 Robert Barry and mfc-michèle didier.
Each set contains two mutual statements and one specific statement. Each set is unique.- Sheet of paper : 27.9 x 21.5 cm eachPortfolio : 28 x 21.5 x 0.6 cm
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