Tag Archives: Michael Fried

Space and Time Unbound

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Brian Kubarycz

When I was teaching at Cooper Union in the first year or two of the fifites, someone told me how I could get onto the unfinished New Jersey Turnpike. I took three students and drove from somewhere in the Meadows … Continue reading →

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Applause as Music, Audience as Maleable Medium

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Brian Kubarycz

If Michael Fried argues, in “Art and Objecthood” (1967), that the very best abstract formalist paintings and sculptures of the day are absolutely authoritative, in their own right and on their own terms, and stand in no need whatsoever of … Continue reading →

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Western Highway – Anti-Art and The Mundane

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Brian Kubarycz

In “Art and Objecthood” (1967), Michael Fried argues that if we stick to the old high standard of Art which has prevailed since the early Renaissance and the rise of Humanism, then Minimalism does not even qualify as Art. Rather, … Continue reading →

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