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John Armleder, Donald Baechler, Ross Bleckner, Peter Halley, Sol Lewitt, Robert Mangold, Allan McCollum, Peter Saul, ...
1986 , Gallery | Brussels, 29.10.2020 - 5.01.2021

John Armleder, Donald Baechler, Ross Bleckner, Peter Halley, Sol Lewitt, Robert Mangold, Allan McCollum, Peter Saul, ...: 1986

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John Armleder, Donald Baechler, Ross Bleckner, Peter Halley, Sol Lewitt, Robert Mangold, Allan McCollum, Peter Saul, ..., 1986

MARUANI MERCIER is pleased to present a group exhibition with a selection of eighteen artworks all executed in the same year, lending the presentation its title: 1986. 

In the history of the United States, the year 1986 is remarkable for its major developments in science, technology and mass culture, marking a period of breakthrough and upheaval. IBM unveiled the very first laptop computer, the protocol for what would later become e-mail was designed, Halley's Comet became the first to be observed in detail by spacecraft and the Human Genome Project launched.

 

At the same time, there emerged a growing distrust in these forms of progress and the governments who championed them, triggered by events such as the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the escalating AIDS crisis. This occurred in the midst of the 'yuppie decade', in which American wealth and consumerism reached new heights, and the wildly popular Oprah Winfrey show became emblematic of an increased obsession with celebrity and a merging of the public and private realms.

 

Made in 1986, the works in this exhibition were also created at the threshold of a new era in the art world, which was set to become increasingly global and high-powered. Biennales and international art fairs emerged across all continents, challenging the dominance of Europe and the United States. While the artists included here responded to national and global developments, they were mostly embedded in the preeminent New York scene. Five of them first showed together as part of the 'neo-geometric conceptualist movement' that emerged in the early 1980s, with the East Village at its center. Including Peter Halley, Ross Bleckner, Haim Steinbach, Philip Taaffe and Allan McCollum, this group of artists directly responded to what Peter Halley called the 'geometricisation of modern life', a world increasingly organised through mechanisation and commercialisation. 

 

For many critics and art historians, 1986 marks a turning point, ushering in a globally connected contemporary art world enabled by new communication and financial technologies. The art market experienced growth at exponential levels, with auctions and galleries setting records for contemporary art, and artworks became an internationally traded commodity. As the artists in this exhibition perhaps anticipated, the difference between an artist and the art they were creating was collapsing: "works of art are treated like subjects and artists design themselves like objects", Isabelle Graw writes of this period. The legacy of the year 1986, and of the artists in this exhibition, is the continuous interrogation of that relationship, keeping its intriguing complexities intact. Many of their concerns continue to resonate today, as they explored what art could be in a year of immense economical, political and technological change.

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  • Ross Bleckner Brothers' Swords, 1986 oil on 2 adjoined canvases 274 x 213 cm 107 7/8 x 83 7/8 in
    Ross Bleckner
    Brothers' Swords, 1986
    oil on 2 adjoined canvases
    274 x 213 cm
    107 7/8 x 83 7/8 in
  • Philip Taaffe Signal, 1986 Oil on canvas 152.5 x 152.5 x 3.9 cm 60 1/16 x 60 1/16 x 1 8/16 in Framing Dimensions: 156.5 x 156.5 x 5.5 cm
    Philip Taaffe
    Signal, 1986
    Oil on canvas
    152.5 x 152.5 x 3.9 cm
    60 1/16 x 60 1/16 x 1 8/16 in
    Framing Dimensions: 156.5 x 156.5 x 5.5 cm
  • DB 1986 Abstract Painting with Spaceship
    Donald Baechler
    Abstract Painting with Spaceship, 1986
    acrylic and fabric collage on canvas
    190.5 x 190.5 cm
    75 x 75 in
  • Peter Halley Black Cell with Underground Sequence, 1986 three attached panels acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 175 x 284 cm 69 x 112 in
    Peter Halley
    Black Cell with Underground Sequence, 1986
    three attached panels
    acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    175 x 284 cm
    69 x 112 in
  • Peter Halley Black Cells with Conduit, 1986 acrylic fluorescent acrylic Flashe and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 162.56 x 289.56 cm 64 x 114 in
    Peter Halley
    Black Cells with Conduit, 1986
    acrylic fluorescent acrylic Flashe and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    162.56 x 289.56 cm
    64 x 114 in
  • Allan McCollum Perfect Vehicles (five vessels), 1986 Enameled hydrocal 50 x 21 x 21 cm 19 10/16 x 8 4/16 x 8 4/16 in each : 50 x 21 x 21 cm
    Allan McCollum
    Perfect Vehicles (five vessels), 1986
    Enameled hydrocal
    50 x 21 x 21 cm
    19 10/16 x 8 4/16 x 8 4/16 in
    each : 50 x 21 x 21 cm
  • Robert Mangold Red Ellipse/Red Frame, 1987 acrylic and graphite on canvas 241 x 335 cm 94 14/16 x 131 14/16 in
    Robert Mangold
    Red Ellipse/Red Frame, 1987
    acrylic and graphite on canvas
    241 x 335 cm
    94 14/16 x 131 14/16 in
  • 169 - Nauman
    Bruce Nauman
    Untitled (Crossbeams), 1986
    cast iron beams with grit blast finish
    222 x 217 cm
    87 6/16 x 85 6/16 in
  • Peter Saul Worship Warm Turkey, 1986 acrylic on paper 103 x 152 cm 40 1/2 x 59 7/8 in framed : 164 x 114 x 6 cm
    Peter Saul
    Worship Warm Turkey, 1986
    acrylic on paper
    103 x 152 cm
    40 1/2 x 59 7/8 in
    framed : 164 x 114 x 6 cm
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    Haim Steinbach
    Together Naturally, 1986
    Shelf sculpture wood ceramic and plastic
    60 x 107 x 38 cm
    23 9/16 x 42 2/16 x 14 15/16 in
  • Capture d’écran 2018-04-12 à 15.43.46
    Haim Steinbach
    Together naturally (tri-part Scandinavian ash) V2, Executed in 1986
    Plastic laminated wood shelf; ceramic vase; 10 wood trays
    61 x 107 x 36.8 cm
    24 1/16 x 42 2/16 x 14 7/16 in
  • Haim Steinbach Delightfully Reproduced, 1986 plastic laminated wood shelf, plastic wave machine and two ceramic vases unique 63 x 133 x 34 cm 24 3/4 x 52 3/8 x 13 3/8 in
    Haim Steinbach
    Delightfully Reproduced, 1986
    plastic laminated wood shelf, plastic wave machine and two ceramic vases
    unique
    63 x 133 x 34 cm
    24 3/4 x 52 3/8 x 13 3/8 in
  • John Armleder Schwarzer Punkt (Black dot), 1986 enamel on perfored masonite 122 x 122 cm 48 1/8 x 48 1/8 in
    John Armleder
    Schwarzer Punkt (Black dot), 1986
    enamel on perfored masonite
    122 x 122 cm
    48 1/8 x 48 1/8 in
  • LEWITT_P_2.002.O
    Sol LeWitt
    Double Asymmetrical Pyramids, 1986
    Gouache et mine de plomb sur papier
    55 x 77 cm
    21 10/16 x 30 5/16 in
    Framing Dimensions: 72.5 x 92.5 x 3.5 cm
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