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Art & Language

American, Australian and British artists
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Summary

Art & Language is an art group[1]. It draws 483 Wikipedia views per month (art group category, ranking #12 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[3]
  • Notable work: Mirror Piece (Art & Language)[4], Secret Painting[5], Victorine[6], Index 01 (Art & Language)[7], Index: Incident in a Museum (Art & Language)[8], Paintings by mouth (Art & Language)[9], Art-Language the journal of conceptual art[10], Map to Not Indicate[11], Incident: Now They Are, Elegant[12], Air-Conditioning Show[13]
  • Influenced by: modern art[14], Clement Greenberg[15], Kazimir Malevich[16], Alphonse Allais[17], Édouard Manet[18], Gustave Courbet[19], Jackson Pollock[20], Ernst Gombrich[21]
  • Country: United Kingdom[22], United States[23], Australia[24]
  • Instance of: artist collective[25]
  • Founder: Michael Baldwin[26], David Bainbridge[27], Terry Atkinson[28], Harold Hurrell[29]
  • Movement: conceptual art[30], contemporary art[31]
  • Commons category: Art & Language[32]
  • Has part(s): Ian Burn[33], Mel Ramsden[34], Charles Townsend Harrison[35], Michael Corris[36], Mayo Thompson[37], Michael Baldwin[38], Terry Atkinson[39], Harold Hurrell[40], David Bainbridge[41], Art & Language Press[42], Art & Language Foundation[43]
  • Inception: 1968[44]
  • Official website: https://art-language.org/[45]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Art & Language[46]
  • Commons gallery: Art & Language[47]
  • Floruit: 1974[48]
  • Described by source: UbuWeb[49], Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art[50], MACBA Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art[51], Larousse Encyclopedia online[52]
  • Participant in: Documenta 5[53], Documenta 6[54], documenta 7[55], documenta x[56]
  • Nominated for: Turner Prize[57]
  • Commons Creator page: Art & Language[58]

Why It Matters

Art & Language has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

It has been cited as an influence by Aurélien Vret[61], a type designer[62], b. 1987[63], of France[64].

Works attributed to it include Art-Language the journal of conceptual art[65], a journal[66], founded in 1969[67].

FAQs

Who did Art & Language influence?

Art & Language has been cited as an influence by Aurélien Vret[61].

Related Entities

Alphonse Allais Art Gallery of New South Wales Australia Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art Clement Greenberg contemporary art Édouard Manet Gustave Courbet Jackson Pollock Joseph Kosuth Kazimir Malevich Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Australia National Gallery of Victoria Städel Museum Tate Modern UbuWeb United Kingdom United States Victoria and Albert Museum

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Artsy. wikidata.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . Q131560290. Retrieved . chateau-montsoreau.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Q131560290. Retrieved . chateau-montsoreau.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Q131560290. Retrieved . chateau-montsoreau.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Q131560290. Retrieved . chateau-montsoreau.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  29. [18] ↑ . exhibition catalogue. wikidata.org.
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  32. [21] ↑ . Library of Congress. wikidata.org.
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  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Q141211779. Retrieved . groningermuseum.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . ubu.com. Retrieved . ubu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . chateau-montsoreau.com. Retrieved . chateau-montsoreau.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . Encyclopédie Larousse. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . documenta.de. Retrieved . documenta.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . documenta.de. Retrieved . documenta.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . documenta.de. Retrieved . documenta.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . documenta.de. Retrieved . documenta.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . Q131560290. Retrieved . chateau-montsoreau.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [65] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [66] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [67] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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