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Carl Andre
(United States of America 1935– )
- Title
- Crucis
- Year
- 1981
- Media categories
- Sculpture, Installation
- Materials used
- hot-rolled steel
- Dimensions
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37 units: 1.0 x 30.0 x 30.0cm each; 1.0 x 570.0 x 570.0cm overall installed
- Credit
- John Kaldor Family Collection at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program - Accession number
- 244.2011
- Copyright
- © Carl Andre. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
During the 1960s and 1970s, Carl Andre produced a number of sculptures which are now counted as among the most innovative of his generation. Along with figures such as Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Dan Flavin, Eva Hesse and Robert Morris, Andre played a central role in defining the nature of Minimal Art. His most significant contribution was to distance sculpture from processes of carving, modelling, or constructing, and to make works that simply involved sorting and placing. Before him, few had imagined that sculpture could consist of ordinary, factory-finished raw materials, arranged into straightforward configurations and set directly on the ground.
Andre nearly always works in a grid, with the dimensions of his finished works determined by multiples of a basic module – such as a brick, metal plate or house beam. The shape of each work depends entirely on the number and configuration of modules. The works are often laid out on the floor like carpet and can in fact be walked on. Although not site-specific, the works emphasise and respond to the planes of the space they occupy. While the minimalist use of industrial materials on a grand scale is often regarded as overtly masculine and assertive, Andre’s work, in contrast, is modest and quietly poetic.
- Bibliography (4)
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Sue Cramer (Curator), Less is more: minimal + post-minimal art in Australia, Bulleen, 2012, 8-9 (colour illus.).
Wayne Tunnicliffe (New Zealand; Australia) (Editor), John Kaldor Family Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2011, 81 (colour illus.), 94-95 (colour illus.). illustration on page 81 is a detail
Nicholas Baume (Australia) (Author), Museum of Contemporary Art (Australia, estab. 1989), From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor Art Projects and Collection, 1995, 82.
Haags Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (Netherlands) (Author), Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum (Netherlands, estab. 1936), Carl Andre, 1987, 138. cat.no.12
- Exhibition history (4)
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Carl andre: new sculpture, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 28 Jan 1981–05 Mar 1981.
Carl Andre, Haags Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 11 Jan 1987–01 Mar 1987.
From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor Art Projects and Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, 12 Dec 1995–17 Mar 1996.
Less is more: Minimal and Post-Minimal art in Australia, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 03 Aug 2012–04 Nov 2012.
