The History of Exhibitions: Beyond the Ideology of the White Cube (part one) The History of Exhibitions: Beyond the Ideology of the White Cube (part one) The History of Exhibitions: Beyond the Ideology of the White Cube (part one) The History of Exhibitions: Beyond the Ideology of the White Cube (part one) Course in art and contemporary culture Course in art and contemporary culture Course in art and contemporary culture Course in art and contemporary culture 19/10/2009 19/10/2009 19/10/2009 19/10/2009 - 30/11/2009 30/11/2009 30/11/2009 30/11/2009 When Attitudes Become Form When Attitudes Become Form When Attitudes Become Form When Attitudes Become Form Presented by Yves Aupetitallot Presented by Yves Aupetitallot Presented by Yves Aupetitallot Presented by Yves Aupetitallot 16/11/2009 16/11/2009 16/11/2009 16/11/2009 - Auditorium MACBA Auditorium MACBA Auditorium MACBA Auditorium MACBA – 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm LIVE IN YOUR HEAD LIVE IN YOUR HEAD LIVE IN YOUR HEAD LIVE IN YOUR HEAD When Attitudes Become Form When Attitudes Become Form When Attitudes Become Form When Attitudes Become Form (Works, Processes, Concepts, Situations, (Works, Processes, Concepts, Situations, (Works, Processes, Concepts, Situations, (Works, Processes, Concepts, Situations, Information) Information) Information) Information) 22 March to 27 April 1969, Kunsthalle Bern 22 March to 27 April 1969, Kunsthalle Bern 22 March to 27 April 1969, Kunsthalle Bern 22 March to 27 April 1969, Kunsthalle Bern An exhibition sponsored by Philip Morris Europe An exhibition sponsored by Philip Morris Europe An exhibition sponsored by Philip Morris Europe An exhibition sponsored by Philip Morris Europe Attendance: 7001 Attendance: 7001 Attendance: 7001 Attendance: 7001 Tour venues: Tour venues: Tour venues: Tour venues: Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, 9 May to 15 June Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, 9 May to 15 June Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, 9 May to 15 June Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, 9 May to 15 June 196 196 196 1969 The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 28 The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 28 The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 28 The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 28 August to 27 September 1969 August to 27 September 1969 August to 27 September 1969 August to 27 September 1969 Artists: Carl Andre, Giovanni Anselmo, Richard Artschwager, Thomas Bang, Jared Bark, Robert Barry, Artists: Carl Andre, Giovanni Anselmo, Richard Artschwager, Thomas Bang, Jared Bark, Robert Barry, Artists: Carl Andre, Giovanni Anselmo, Richard Artschwager, Thomas Bang, Jared Bark, Robert Barry, Artists: Carl Andre, Giovanni Anselmo, Richard Artschwager, Thomas Bang, Jared Bark, Robert Barry, Joseph Beuys, Alighiero Boetti, Mel Bochner, Marinus Boezem, Bill Bollinger, Joseph Beuys, Alighiero Boetti, Mel Bochner, Marinus Boezem, Bill Bollinger, Joseph Beuys, Alighiero Boetti, Mel Bochner, Marinus Boezem, Bill Bollinger, Joseph Beuys, Alighiero Boetti, Mel Bochner, Marinus Boezem, Bill Bollinger, Michael Buthe, Pier Michael Buthe, Pier Michael Buthe, Pier Michael Buthe, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Paul Cotton, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Ger van Elk, Rafael Ferrer, Barry Paolo Calzolari, Paul Cotton, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Ger van Elk, Rafael Ferrer, Barry Paolo Calzolari, Paul Cotton, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Ger van Elk, Rafael Ferrer, Barry Paolo Calzolari, Paul Cotton, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Ger van Elk, Rafael Ferrer, Barry Flanagan, Ted Glass, Hans Haacke, Eva Hesse, Douglas Huebler, Paolo Icaro, Alain Jacquet, Neil Flanagan, Ted Glass, Hans Haacke, Eva Hesse, Douglas Huebler, Paolo Icaro, Alain Jacquet, Neil Flanagan, Ted Glass, Hans Haacke, Eva Hesse, Douglas Huebler, Paolo Icaro, Alain Jacquet, Neil Flanagan, Ted Glass, Hans Haacke, Eva Hesse, Douglas Huebler, Paolo Icaro, Alain Jacquet, Neil Jenney, Stephen Kaltenbach, Jo Ann Kaplan, Edwa Jenney, Stephen Kaltenbach, Jo Ann Kaplan, Edwa Jenney, Stephen Kaltenbach, Jo Ann Kaplan, Edwa Jenney, Stephen Kaltenbach, Jo Ann Kaplan, Edward Kienholz, Yves Klein, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis rd Kienholz, Yves Klein, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis rd Kienholz, Yves Klein, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis rd Kienholz, Yves Klein, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis, Gary B. Kuehn, Sol LeWitt, Bernd Lohaus, Richard Long, Roelof Louw, Bruce McLean, Kounellis, Gary B. Kuehn, Sol LeWitt, Bernd Lohaus, Richard Long, Roelof Louw, Bruce McLean, Kounellis, Gary B. Kuehn, Sol LeWitt, Bernd Lohaus, Richard Long, Roelof Louw, Bruce McLean, Kounellis, Gary B. Kuehn, Sol LeWitt, Bernd Lohaus, Richard Long, Roelof Louw, Bruce McLean, Walter De Maria, David Medalla, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Walter De Maria, David Medalla, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Walter De Maria, David Medalla, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Walter De Maria, David Medalla, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Oppenheim, Panamar Oppenheim, Panamar Oppenheim, Panamar Oppenheim, Panamarenko, Pino Pascali, Paul Pechter, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Prini, Markus enko, Pino Pascali, Paul Pechter, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Prini, Markus enko, Pino Pascali, Paul Pechter, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Prini, Markus enko, Pino Pascali, Paul Pechter, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Prini, Markus Raetz, Allen Ruppersberg, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Robert Ryman, Frederick Lane Sandback, Alan Saret, Raetz, Allen Ruppersberg, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Robert Ryman, Frederick Lane Sandback, Alan Saret, Raetz, Allen Ruppersberg, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Robert Ryman, Frederick Lane Sandback, Alan Saret, Raetz, Allen Ruppersberg, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Robert Ryman, Frederick Lane Sandback, Alan Saret, Sarkis, Jean Sarkis, Jean Sarkis, Jean Sarkis, Jean-Frédéric Schnyder, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Keith Sonnier, R Frédéric Schnyder, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Keith Sonnier, R Frédéric Schnyder, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Keith Sonnier, R Frédéric Schnyder, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Keith Sonnier, Richard Tuttle, Frank ichard Tuttle, Frank ichard Tuttle, Frank ichard Tuttle, Frank Lincoln Viner, Aldo Walker, Franz Erhard Walther, William G. Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, William Lincoln Viner, Aldo Walker, Franz Erhard Walther, William G. Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, William Lincoln Viner, Aldo Walker, Franz Erhard Walther, William G. Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, William Lincoln Viner, Aldo Walker, Franz Erhard Walther, William G. Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, William T. Wiley, Gilberto Zorio T. Wiley, Gilberto Zorio T. Wiley, Gilberto Zorio T. Wiley, Gilberto Zorio Curator: Harald Szeemann Curator: Harald Szeemann Curator: Harald Szeemann Curator: Harald Szeemann “When Attitudes Become Form (Works, Concepts, Processes, Situations, Information)” appears to lack unity, looks strangely complicated, like a compendium of stories told in the first person singular. We might ask the justifiable question: Are we here concerned with a new edition of Tachisme, with a subjective art, with a reaction against geometry which has reigned supreme in recent years? Certainly, the majority of artists exhibiting here might be seen as part of an artistic development to which the pre- experienced workprocess of Duchamp, the intensity of Pollock’s gesture, and the unity of material, physical exertion and time in the Happenings of the early ‘60s also belong. And yet for some of these