The Discursive Power of Language: Art after Conceptual Art
Early discussions of institutional critique quite often directly produced institutional connections with art, yet few set forth from the perspective of art as an art form of presentation, adopting aesthetic ideology as the foundation of their analysis. Of course, in his classic essay “Conceptual Art 1962-1969: From the Aesthetic of Administration to the Critique of Institutions,” Benjamin Buchloh pointed out that in the conceptual art currently taking shape, the discursive dimension of language serves to define institutions of aesthetic criticism. In other words, the linguistic domain of conceptual art, encompassing its broad linguistic efficacy and its deductive, discursive capacity, serves as a dimension of symbolic transplantation, suitable for the practical methods of curation. Throughout the developmental process of art theory, these dimensions have been constantly developing and interconnecting. This lecture will employ an exploratory method to connect the pieces of evidence in art criticism, and will reference artists’ works as a holistic reading of the phenomenon of art. Emphasis will be placed on the use and abuse of language in conceptual art, and the incorporation/co-opting of the dimension of aesthetic capacity by administrative institutions, serving as a reading of institutional critique from the outside in, and from the inside out.
Lecturer : Hongjohn Lin︱Curator
Born in 1964 in Taichung, Taiwan, Hong-john Lin received a Ph.D. in Arts and Humanities from New York University and currently serves as associate professor and chairman of the school of fine arts at Taipei National University of the Arts. He was the curator of the 2007 Taiwan Pavilion exhibition Atopia at the 52nd Venice Biennale, as well as the Taipei Biennial 2010, and the 2011 exhibition “Live Ammo” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei. Lin is an educator, artist, performer, independent curator and critic. His art reviews have been published in numerous journals and exhibition catalogues.
Time : October 4, 2014, Saturday, 14: 30-17: 00
Venue : TFAM Auditorium (BF)
The lecture is conducted in Chinese.
About Lecture Series 2014 “(Art) After Conceptual Art”
Do you want to know the story of how a urinal became art? Did you know your home can become a museum? Everyone can be an artist – would you like to be one? These secrets are revealed in the lecture series “(Art) After Conceptual Art”...“(Art) After Conceptual Art” explores the major trends and forms of expression in avant-garde art since the 1960s. By examining the processes of specific contemporary art phenomena, the lecture series provides an organized introduction to the conceptual idioms arising from the recent rapid developments in contemporary art, serving as a reference for viewers to appreciate contemporary art.