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State of Mind/State of the Union
1985 · Screenprint
Museum of Modern Art
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Michael Corris
Artist
Conceptual ArtInstitutional Critique
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1
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5
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- • Conceptual Art
- • Institutional Critique
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Committed to Print
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
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Why this artist matters now
Michael Corris is an American conceptual artist and theorist whose practice centers on language, institutional critique, and the conditions of artistic production. Working across installation and text-based forms, he examines how meaning is constructed within art systems and the structures that govern artistic visibility. His work engages directly with the legacies of postwar conceptualism while interrogating the institutional frameworks that frame and legitimize art itself.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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