Art in Theory 1900-1990 An Anthology of Changing Ideas Edited by Charles Harrison and Paul Wood Ante NGYIO ATI67 ine BH BLaCWeRL %he i A E 500 The ei an th Scat smono-obet andthe ahr historic fort. Pasi ht to fe, on det, ‘accept ha the sol of mas tal bet en be he abet of rt Nome |S ton in art. Why cantor the eatre af man Binsl be he sje? Thee ‘orm, swe Uadtanaly kaow "Theres no csc of sod bade no ‘ace become sal and sold cre tanearet, Why shold we noe that ‘areca st Concept more inportt than iso Nominee unsold Nass ls energy. space fs eer, spt ms ‘Whether nich hing are acetic fact wey ery ipo, e pti [Nis yoecalyinatanL The tuna the jor fre man wate: And ‘rth the artis with nie. Neither ais or aude en ‘ih ence tha are Bot rae 13. Clyfford Stilt (1904-1980) Statement SHE wie ad tent in Callin am 1946 to 1960 and med to Naw Yorn {381th sre mas witan to acconeary we wor elles an mbeh 2 the Mea a oer tN he ening yar Ath era ofS ig bats, thr ae coectors be made beeen he concer te recat tare at ie conerporar creo of Erono Estes (i sd 10, Fothedn Goo ©. het) 15 Arrears, New York, 1982, po 21-2 “Toa pigment om cans has ay fiitingconensna eetions fr mos peopl neds nn reminder Blind tee rections Woy a istry moe ‘courage Its substance is but dust and fling cabinet, The homage pad to ie cca af dente We all or the burden ofthis tdi on oe bcs om the mast alent ies the ait hs been expected to perperte the stperstition, and the will to power. What greatness of le crept into the sey {ie tom sources nt yt ul ndestond and the temples a rt wih ure {he landscape of eat every ety ae + We to the amp t sexe ti tise gay and stan Ke The enue ren Bd cfr he cefiton of thine ait who would sak bese thom. The tales volved, howere, permit no pce 25d ma ‘sewtment i ep when dncveed hat sination canner be bok ‘We sre ow commited oat ungualiel , 9tilstaing otworn mys er comtemporary alti One must accept ttl spony for nba be ‘Denands for communication sre bth presimpoous and inelevam The tserver sual wile what bis re 408 operand lerlngtesch hn See Bur if he cn exe dese ders that held up so oil, then ‘Ya The Amerian Aarts 58 estas same ofthe implicit of the work may be el But whatever i sen be fl shslé he remeber ht for me these panting ad to be someching fhe. Ts the pie one as to pa forcast wen onc mais sre honored 4. Harold Rosenberg (1906-1978) from “The American Action Painters’ ‘ibe al pesto of svat Exresonsm, Roserber ard lotr mere ‘espn forthe wo dma nodes, fe omer ehehason extra ras omen ere eater concaate up foral re eel ovat. Ron Parag’ wa te engnaton ner wh te te oma stat so i 805 EUSA a yt henge cc be pa Specialy toy eo Areca pars rae ante covearale ‘lop towanporaia ac Rsetbog ay ara have ence Ns et {any comaatlon of pial eonmtmere cn ha bre ben et red Ss"knoreantcbon Pant raber tan a earcansctonPomtas Eig 3 ere tom his slr Fal of Pars NOL e Keres Ares as nen as ot {e'heratena ef Gur’ cton Pang ash cared fr that cre, bh be posablty a ern & hel sea least nagaion Og pullin tos ew Yor ese 1982, 9p 224 Reprtain oseber {Pe Hoon N,N to 195 Th resi nortan ra bk (Geting nse the Caneas [Ara ceria momen the cra beat appa 0 ane Amica pines ater hotest an ara i wich to tt ~ berth as spce wich ‘isco go onthe cane mor nota plcte but an event "re pues no loner sppiac hi satel whan age in hit mink be en upto wth tera i hth to do srething that ether pee of il this puning asec’ or Eupressionit’ or “Abstrae- Expressions what count it specit motive or etngshing the abject, wie to he sme in ther aerator Expression phate of modern ‘The new American piting I m0 Sure’ sloc the eran ofthe ae ‘asin fr the sate of the sth, The apis were’ Dashed off the able [Berder to mate tom for pect welts of space and our. The Bad to fo nthe nothing would gt the way th et of puting. Tn hs Zsting ul mater the bebe, to, hn teen aborted, arm, calor compo Sito, rang, ave ular, anyone of which = or paca aha bon {rempted loa, wih appetites ~ cane dpsed ath: Wha ‘ners avast the revlon onan nthe at is ae ken for granted582 Thelndial ante Soci ‘hatin he lal effect, eh image, istver be or be mot in, wl Bs Dramas OF As 1 A pang acti src om he Boh ofthe ett The ing s+ omen the naked mara i Ie wher ome’ ats the sca ines sen nth petting the es the ‘tee drain of lsd dama snd gn inngurgeThesepsng ‘Porese name metapys sutnce the at exe The pe alto itiaten doen tay honcn beters snd Tetollor tht syn slr fo Ayn thc a odo with aon ~ mmc, piso, hist, mpgs, eo nee. Anthing Bo iT pnt ty a gt of puting te St a the per nore wl concrete pode» ea ESP (he wal oi, nscal of eng on he cman = ound sont armer (} "ton fein he wok fhe pte of Sieve ses of pot, tis tows ofthe esp the oe. he Prin iathe pinoy acto No tao the wad pscsopea [Eco hat wot rent sping ar es th nt na rete dhs The wy hes, tae she pycolopey sn ne eon in 2S" apd tor rascnde Wh wanna Nate ftenis dace sx Sven, wha ive the anv eng colo dats bt ey ay the i gies Benoa diel ees a he weet tng ton The Ira ne Lindo sing ce fo he fred ann, amet Siem ant gay pig the pising the upon hee ins mode of een Since the ptr bas Does tre Fer eto hn ins sanyo cto etn, arn, Sen “pete ‘ie comceaton arto they pasty le Wan, He mat ‘css cms he radon bere he toma the porte “He Not That Hes Not ‘That, k's Not That With «few important exceptions, est of the ants of this vanguard fund the way to ther present work ng et tw Th spe a 2 oun stb rar ne The min ab rt he er ne "The dau! of grand rs separts Nin fom hs personal abd ate past ‘Many athe panes were ‘Marist’ (WPA uno tongs) tal en tring to pune Society. Others ha Ben ssing Yo pin Ae (Cabin Panlmpesonisn) st amouts Co the sue ting Ws The Anwican hock Garde 563 ‘The big moment came when wae decid pai. itt 10 PRINT. The ostream the cbt ass petro of kaon, Ira Value plea ethscy mor the va and the deta fracas in Ameri dating to do with this sudden impstence, there ie no eieoce of Aut the elects of age {sues upon the emesons, Ameria Te ob eer rate or uneonslos ‘he French ats thks of hinself + btlepvund of sry her ope hes ‘aly of pate Dak Nigh, Yr i atrange how many setae india ‘ae t's dea stop wishin the pas ten year and sande even ay ecroyed, the wor they Ind ben ding A aro washer wate ree tha hese events were taking plein sete might have sumed they mere ‘ig set byw snge ve Avis ene the movement mas aay fom, rte thn towards, The Geet Woals of the as andthe Gnod Lie ofthe Fate Gece eal The Yes af talus Simo ake he fn of condemnation or deen of seca edd te he ise World Ware wa ilies. "Te lone st i nt want the wold to be eileen, he maned his canna fo bes wa iteration from the objet meant ieton an te “ate ty anda heady tee It was a moveret tle bein hes tht soe choose his ture ad to maliy promot nates tothe ps, ‘With the Ameren, hero the poner andthe imigrnt the foundering of Are and Societys nt experenrd ss 4 kas On te cantar, the end af ‘mad the being of opts reading him! a a “The American vanguad patr ok tt white ean othe cask A Maltese! took to thee (On the one hand, + desperate cops of mia and intelectual eakustion; nthe ober, the tabsraon af en adventure ver dep in whi he might {nd seed she toe ime of i Soe. ing could now be reduced ota ein which the ais needed for sn avy tht would bean aerate wo bth sly and less, Guided ‘island semuic memories of pulstinge he had steno made manors ‘hich he die bo to eep from intrding in ki consiouses he {esculed pon the cantar sndatchel for what ech novel mold ecare Sandi tt be, el an he phenomenon of oaverion the new movement i, with the maby fhe pistes, enertially» reine ove oss every cae bower the comerson has bean experienced a sear tera The reat hes ees te ‘reaon of priate mye “The tnton of the rive myth H the content of every puoig of this sangre acon the exsras seo fom su sternp oes the sing ‘omen in is “tory” when she peintr fr lt hme reed fom Vale = [Sih of past secogation Orie temps to nate «new moment a wich ‘he puimer il elie his tol personaity~ myth fare secon ‘Sime fru he mth els ns dl orks wi 8 eps Wek eke, say despre pining el he exe foun» Sin504 Tho ful and te Soci “Te revelation ais he gen in the sania the word, which since Hegel has provided European vanguard a with theates of «New Rei, has ‘Reems Americ ithe frm of personal revolts Aves en ets a te orm supe tn the ati seeps a rel nt ht which Re sn the foc ofteng "Exep the sal ha let fl ofthe ove of creed {Gino Toe ani works as conon of open posting toll ‘Keegan the angih fhe sesthe, whieh secopanies possiblity aking in red To nuit the force to retin Hom sing sything be mis ‘here hint cotant No. (1) 15 Clyfford Sell (1904-1980) Letter to Gordon Smith ten fore ctoge of caleston of St nck Hell tte Bufo Fie At aden. igtanax et Gey a wich Sat was ecto, Te colecbn was ‘aah ns Rowenta 1 Gecember 1959, the exaogue Parnes oy ‘Sod stra pubes on Wat case. Th te sed nay 1, 198. ‘Your susgestion tht I write for mies fr thecal of ti alec of Innings res th sae interest spd the ame quiets that were preset hen te eho te ns fiat core ‘The perados maf Oy te rpeasnce of ths week ian Sethuton hose meaning and Tanton ma Fen insdection ops t tht pied in the pinings ad my wn ie ws ace I bale hill no be reared but estat wl be sarpened and aifed Fort way seer problem of sete, ot publc or priate ‘nance tha detemined ty sprain to the competed wok. Rate, ie°st he oe to rine slr conrpul frminaion of en and via, wihowt whch all at Bosomes Sat an aero in conformity wih sig Teton oral ee. Parapet reson sim oder Tt few deco we were al a fok rng the 1205 whether rps cults ote seat sate snd ei mls of Ou ov twas sy ‘ident hast he afew ane val fr ish o again The fox had ber thiclenes ot Hie, y shoe nba, tof wees 0 fe pons of power locked beck tothe Old Word for mean wo etd he okey i oe sewer la. Aen mired by morals and sian nthe amp of faye std sya Wading, we mee eopecly vue 1 ‘de methane erpetatone of mative snd eiaing There falowed ope ‘oat conf, ‘Seleapointed spolesmen and layed intellectual with theft of in cunky for leadership sake all the ods of Apeogy aid hang them aren Gur nets ih eompulre aad adc fervor He, Kiet Czas, read, Pico, Kapinty, lt, Ma, Aquinas Spent, Kinin, Bll ‘Give, Mone =the lin ows monotonos. But tat lima i ny ~ th ‘Nimoy Stow of 1913 "ha damped spoe ws the combina an serie ‘loluns of Western European deadence For nearly = garter of 8 cent See groped and stumbled tough the nigmate fibrin Cras Vs The Arca Marka 585 And even ye ts anaes nd iva ae else and exited by many who Find the asf eth more reasring tun this impotence wt fen, No one wo permed to espe Wt (ase nals ye 1 for oe, red to pe "To ald to the body of refence or “esi? which ines mage ot sequicence to the collin inate of or culture I mit equate with Inelecun! suicide. The omsioroumets of the toalticen minds homer Sands eof pupae and moiety of insight fem gone wh mould ‘Sepe copa ‘Seunicaly and they the coraption i complete, Preccupation with so ev te wh sal iene, Thee of ac aie publicly damned fo promote work tlssting an atharan dae Wiles pares are displayed as evidence af scl artic sot a qultave srangeents ate prenated a evidence of sce to men {iss The ah to ery inthe name of ttt oe punting an mee) ‘or i ean fcc falar fetes ly at alors ae he efimes not covered by the is of hat bignious okt Aran allel Ar Ever the whimpeings td iol the ven! te tresured in her sume "and for tir rearance ~ by the arom aed Scempeou Tee, aoe arstios ethetes, ati ache so nie the burden f our Beitage borne ply bar may by hated or isn ‘The impulence nd werity whch so hipeataly facut the herent, tom arid abate fr respon and uh hd nner rune of hut ich wo i ie ‘ating hough al utr op, pt sd pssst ae mete and traly {eee vision could be achieved, and an idea be revealed with clarity. "ho secs cach trea, beverer = ene Weld ced he enc envenol sd b, eo n ee (Fag done al io a he pn neta No sting suri, no capers Cape cay tenon o scan cnr tcl eh cane ee Th yt rps neve sd compound dese TAS stun hut a of aig, ig ominy ad hs cocoa ie perf bore see nro ‘remain seapes ‘in the banal concepts of "ect and time, or yield 0 the: iy af te obi pan er opto coi te ee ‘by authoritarian devices for social control. ba 7 as ure at pe st ae, wig gh nd ln. No epite arses ee permite An es i et en ey ange Stamp oreo he pr of Vay Pa Un ne had re te Sind sd wate aly fd cone to nee a ad cul do {8e0Snd en Ingato, nme red yt as oe fete onc wih Vion. An ie Aen dite, eng zh beter of pion