As a writer, poet, performance artist, Acconci is a seminal figure of the Conceptual Art movement of the late 60's and earley 70's. His performace based works evolved into installations incorporating video and audio and inviting viewer participation. These works led to a further exploration of sculpture as architecture or furniture, the viewer inside the piece, able to walk through, live in, sit on, climb over works meant to question the role of the artist and his relation to the society and its environment as whole. In the late 80's this led to the foundation of the Acconci Studio, the main focus of which is public sculpture and architecture which still seems to address the questions of public vs. private space which were a concern in his early work.
Sculpture Stained wood, vinyl, mirrored Plexiglas, and plants
10x 16x4.5feet
Mylar, painted wood, vinyl,
96 x 102 x 31 inches
Cherry, ebony, and birch veneer plywood.
Edition of 10
48 x 38 x 48 inches
Five-color etching
93 7/8 x 94 1/2"
1986 Aquatint, etching, and embossing
74 x 32 inches
Edition of 24
Lithograph
43.5 x 27.5 inches 39/50
A suite of six color lithographs combined to form a twelve-foot long unfurling American flag with the words of the Pledge of Allegiance broken up in its stripes.
Six 18in. x 24in. sheets make a work of 18 inches by 144 inches.
Edition of 35
The image source began with a sculpture project for the St. Louis Convention Center. Acconci has incorporated the United States Pledge of Allegiance and the American flag in order to rethink individual attitudes towards these American icons. Acconci feels that "Landfall’s invitation to produce this print was an opportunity to address these contemporary political issues, and to re-emphasize language in [his] two dimensional art."
Three color etching, aquatint, line etching, roulette Printed from two plates on Arches 47.5 x 31.25 12/50
Lithographs: two sections 53 x 122.5 inches each
Edition of 10
A four color screenprint on 2 ft. equalateral triangles of Sintra and mirrored plexiglas. Available in two editions; 6 triangles to create a 4 ft. hexagon or variables (edition of 20) and 24 triangles to create an 8 ft. hexagon or variables. Published in an edition of 10.
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