Yoko Ono Grapefruit Summary
Grapefruit (1964) By artist Yoko Ono is an early example of conceptual art. Even though there is an art object to behold, the art itself extends beyond the parameters of the plain looking book.
Justin Wolf writes that the art extends beyond its material constraints as it contains a series of artistic "event scores" with various instructions for readers to carry out. The work boasts 150 or so sets of instructions divided into five sections them being Painting, Music, Events, Poetry and Objects. Ono’s work acts as a user's manual in the Fluxus tradition keeping with the perspective of "every human being is an artist.” This book devalues the importance of the art object and once again highlights the conceptual nature of its focus on Idea and …show more content…
It Also focused on the using of raw materials in an approach to remove the human element out of its art. Utilising techniques like flat painting to elevate brush strokes, using the formal elements of design and composition and bringing in a mechanical aesthetic, that used geometric abstraction and elementary forms to traverse the gap between artist and viewer.
Conceptual art emerged as a protest against the former minimalist movement, though they both were evident around the same time. Conceptualism honed in on the idea and thought process of art more so than the outcome, it was focused on devaluation of the art object, and in many cases moved away from the notion of the passive viewer of art to the active spectator being part of the work itself.
The aspects in common are few and far between, those worthy of mentioning are the dynamic way in which both conceptual and minimal artists use the formal elements to convey a message. though the message is vastly differing in meaning, they both can not get away from using line, shape, composition. though it is important to note that minimalism used this as a way of conveying basic information and conceptualism uses them as mere tools and the outcome was of no importance, aesthetically
Justin Wolf writes that the art extends beyond its material constraints as it contains a series of artistic "event scores" with various instructions for readers to carry out. The work boasts 150 or so sets of instructions divided into five sections them being Painting, Music, Events, Poetry and Objects. Ono’s work acts as a user's manual in the Fluxus tradition keeping with the perspective of "every human being is an artist.” This book devalues the importance of the art object and once again highlights the conceptual nature of its focus on Idea and …show more content…
It Also focused on the using of raw materials in an approach to remove the human element out of its art. Utilising techniques like flat painting to elevate brush strokes, using the formal elements of design and composition and bringing in a mechanical aesthetic, that used geometric abstraction and elementary forms to traverse the gap between artist and viewer.
Conceptual art emerged as a protest against the former minimalist movement, though they both were evident around the same time. Conceptualism honed in on the idea and thought process of art more so than the outcome, it was focused on devaluation of the art object, and in many cases moved away from the notion of the passive viewer of art to the active spectator being part of the work itself.
The aspects in common are few and far between, those worthy of mentioning are the dynamic way in which both conceptual and minimal artists use the formal elements to convey a message. though the message is vastly differing in meaning, they both can not get away from using line, shape, composition. though it is important to note that minimalism used this as a way of conveying basic information and conceptualism uses them as mere tools and the outcome was of no importance, aesthetically