“Anti-Form” (1968 essay and related exhibitions)

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“Anti-Form” (1968 essay and related exhibitions) is a seminal articulation of process-oriented, anti-formalist sculpture that emphasized chance, impermanence, and the physical properties of materials, profoundly shaping late-1960s and subsequent postminimal and process art practices.

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instanceOf art exhibition series ⓘ
art theory essay ⓘ
critical art text ⓘ
artisticApproachEmphasized chance-based composition ⓘ
impermanence of artworks ⓘ
physical properties of materials ⓘ
process-oriented sculpture ⓘ
associatedMaterial felt ⓘ
fiberglass ⓘ
industrial materials ⓘ
latex ⓘ
lead ⓘ
author Robert Morris ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception seminal text for postminimal and process art ⓘ
curatorialImpact postminimalism surveys ⓘ
process-oriented sculpture exhibitions ⓘ
curatorialTheme anti-formalist practices ⓘ
impermanence and change in artworks ⓘ
material behavior and gravity ⓘ
historicalContext late 1960s American art ⓘ
influencedArtist Alan Saret ⓘ
Barry Le Va ⓘ
Bruce Nauman ⓘ
Eva Hesse ⓘ
Keith Sonnier ⓘ
Lynda Benglis ⓘ
Richard Serra ⓘ
Robert Morris ⓘ
inspiredBy Anti-Form (essay) ⓘ
linked to: Anti-form
keyConcept contingency in art ⓘ
gravity as a shaping force ⓘ
non-compositional structure ⓘ
process over finished object ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy framework for understanding late-1960s sculpture ⓘ
reference point in contemporary sculpture discourse ⓘ
mainSubject anti-formalism in art ⓘ
postminimalism ⓘ
process art ⓘ
process-oriented sculpture ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
movementInfluenced Anti-form sculpture ⓘ
Postminimalism ⓘ
Process art ⓘ
opposedConcept fixed sculptural form ⓘ
formalism in sculpture ⓘ
publicationYear 1968 ⓘ
relatedTo Conceptual art ⓘ
Land art ⓘ
Minimalism ⓘ
theoreticalPosition accepts chance and indeterminacy in sculpture ⓘ
emphasizes temporality and change in artworks ⓘ
privileges making process over final form ⓘ

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process art → hasNotableExhibition → “Anti-Form” (1968 essay and related exhibitions) ⓘ