Presumed Level of Abstraction
2004 · Photo-etching on paper
image: 803 x 598 mm support: 997 x 792 mm plate: 807 x 605 mm
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John Latham
Artist
Mixed MediaConceptual ArtContemporary
Representation
None documented
5
Institutional Exhibitions
22
Works in Collection
29
Assets Indexed
0
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Publications Referenced
90%
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Movements
- • Conceptual Art
- • Contemporary
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1970
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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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The Object Transformed
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966
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Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1962–1963
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The Art of Assemblage
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1961
About
Why this artist matters now
John Latham was a British artist and theorist whose practice encompassed painting, sculpture, film, and performance, often incorporating books and text as primary materials. His work challenged conventional art-making through a conceptual approach that predated and influenced institutional critique and conceptual art movements of the 1960s and beyond. Operating across multiple disciplines and scales, Latham developed a distinctive methodology that treated art-making as a philosophical investigation rather than a craft-based discipline.
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Movement
Conceptual Art
Medium
Mixed Media
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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