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Robert Irwin: Site Determined Panel Discussion and Exhibition at Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture
Panel discussion to take place on September 6, 2018, at 6 pm.
Robert Irwin
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Robert Irwin's Drawings Without Marks
Irwin's unlit light fixture sculptures encourage us to see and contemplate the entire space, and ourselves within it, as elements of the art.
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How Robert Irwin Breaks the Rules of Art
WASHINGTON, DC – Americans have always appreciated a little rebelliousness.
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Robert Irwin's Modern Ruin, Years in the Making, Set to Rise in West Texas
A couple of weeks ago, I went to 101 Spring Street, the former home and studio of Donald Judd, to hear about a new Robert Irwin project to be built at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas.
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A Slice of Space, History, and Time at the Whitney Museum
When Robert Irwin abandoned his Venice beach studio in 1970 he did not know where he would go next.
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Three Takes on Minimalism from Robert Irwin, Mark Flood, and Richard Tuttle
On view in Chelsea right now are three gallery shows that offer drastically different takes contemporary takes on minimalism. Two are from classic minimalist artists: Robert Irwin and Richard Tuttle have pioneered the movement since its first flowering in the 1970s. The third artist is kind of a gut
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The Subtle Disappointment of Robert Irwin
Robert Irwin has been a favorite of mine for some time now. His work helped to pioneer the 1960s California Light and Space movement, and it is often beautiful to experience in person. Having never seen his well-known window installation "1° 2° 3° 4°," which was originally installed at the Museum of
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WTF Is… Light and Space?
Earlier this week I posted a review of MCASD’s current show Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface. Reading this, you might have thought, “Cool! Perceptual deprivation! Now I’ll know what it was like doing LSD in the 1960s and 1970s without worrying about passing a drug test at work!” Which is
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Messing With Your Senses With “Phenomenal” Light in California
SAN DIEGO — One of the most anticipated shows of Pacific Standard Time — the Getty’s epic initiative to “celebrate the birth of the LA art scene” and demonstrate that art history has also been made outside of New York — is the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s Phenomenal: California Light, Spac
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Which Installation Artists Are Actually Green?
Inspired by the closing of Ai Weiwei's “Sunflower Seeds” installation due to health hazards, I've been writing about how environmental impact is factored in to the evaluation of installation art. Does a work of art have to have a low carbon footprint to be great, or should we completely separate a p