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http://www.c4gallery.com/artist/database/hiroshi-sugimoto/movie-theatres-theaters/hiroshi-sugimoto-movie-theatres-theaters.html

Hiroshi Sugimoto. Theaters. 1980 is a photograph taken with the shutter left open for the duration of an entire film. This speaks about the idea of experiencing an entire film and touches on the basis of film as being moving and changing light forming images. I think it’s especially important that Sugimoto included the theater in the image to contextualize it. The choice of theater is also successful as it makes the image visually appearing with the architecture. 

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http://bigpicture.site.seattleartmuseum.org/works/box-with-the-sound-of-its-own-making/

Robert Morris. Box with the sound of its own making. 1961is exactly how it sounds. It is a cube/ box that was recorded while being created. The sounds of the entirety of its own creation are played from within the cube. Thus it is a self referential work. It is one of the earliest contemporary works to use sound. 

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https://walkerart.org/magazine/u-of-m-student-responds-to-semiotics-of-the-kitchen

Martha Rosler’s Semiotics of the Kitchen. 1975 was introduced to FINE 319 as a video artwork. It centers on feminism and draws attention to oppressive women’s roles. Martha Rosler films herself bluntly stating the names of each item in her kitchen. She uses violent gestures with each item to convey her anger.  This was not a live performance and was intended to be solely a video artwork. It contains Julia child kitchen show references, popular at the time. 

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http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/01/the-event-of-a-thread/

Anne Hamilton’s Event of a Thread 2013 invites viewers to interact with the swings hanging from a system of pulleys, that when activated move the large white cloth. People often lay beneath the moving cloth as it becomes mesmerizing. This work was open to the public free admission. 

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http://realitybitesartblog.blogspot.ca/2011/09/bite-143-richard-long-line-made-by.html

Richard Long’s A Line Made by Walking 1967 was revolutionary in its time. It is exactly as the title suggests, a line made from walking back and forth in the ground. The action is performative, and the photo serves as a document to that (It is the only photo that documents this). The work is earth art for its impression in the earth. The work was made while Richard Long was still a student. 

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https://art.branipick.com/eva-hesse-accession-ii-exterior-view-1968-3000x3000/

Eva Hesse’s Accession II 1968 is an attack on minimalism, using the traditional minimalistic form of the cube with a twist. The spikes on the inside suggest violence and danger. The cold steel stands for rejecting cold formalism. 

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http://www.djibnet.com/photo/american+art/die-model-1962-fabricated-1968-steel-with-oiled-finish-by-tony-smith-3134832774.html

Tony Smith’s Die of 1962 was introduced during FINE 319′s lecture on minimalism. This cube is 6ft tall, 6ft wide and 6ft deep made of hot rolled steel weighing 500lbs. It is a piece that is aware of the average size of the human body. It is so large that viewers can only see one side of the cube at a time (two if one stood at a corner) and it is so tall that most people cannot see the top. This work has no emotion or aesthetic which is crucial to minimalist works. 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/arts/design/a-fauxdega-where-the-real-ones-have-been-priced-out.html

Lucy Sparrows 8 T’il Late was a very interesting work discussed in FINE 319. Inspired by the work of Andy Warhol and likely Claes Oldenberg Lucy created a Bodega with regular operating hours to display and sell her handcrafted felt works that resemble everyday market items (Such as those that would be sold in a Bodega). This project had over 9,000 items, took 9 months to assemble and each sold for $15-75 a piece, making art affordable to the public. The entirety of the project as also available in its beginning for $500,000. The popularity of this project centered around her Instagram page @sewyoursoul.