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  • artists' book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21.5 cm.
  • [120] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Political Art Movement / Religious Art Movement / Affluent Art Movement / Academic Art Movement / Corporate Art Movement / Cultural Art Movement / Mass Media Art Movement / Organizational Art Movement

Don Celender

Political Art Movement / Religious Art Movement / Affluent Art Movement / Academic Art Movement / Corporate Art Movement / Cultural Art Movement / Mass Media Art Movement / Organizational Art Movement

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Artists' book compiling correspondence related to Don Celender's eponymous conceptual art projects. "Modern society seems to view the artist as a fabricator of objects, not a conceiver of ideas. I have become interested in conceptual art because it appears to be a valid vehicle for reiterating and expanding the scope of the artist as an originator of ideas as well as a maker of objects. Realizing that art, as it is experienced currently, reaches only a small portion of the public, my conceptual movements were initiated to explore the realm of the impossible in order to stimulate innovative and creative approaches to bringing art to the masses. Synectics and brainstorming, two techniques which expand normal thought processes, were basic to formulation of the movements. In addition to the concept of art dissemination, these movements were motivated by the desire to survey the attitudes about art held by individuals and organizations occupying key positions in American Society. About twenty-five chief executive officers of major organizations were contacted in each of the eight art movements. The organizational head received, in addition to his own proposal, copies of proposals sent to the other principals included in the movements so that each would be aware of the scope of the concept." - artist's statement.

[St. Paul], [MN]: [Don Celender],
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