Mirror Piece

Mirror piece is a contemporary art installation created in 1965 by Michael Baldwin, a member of the British conceptual artists Art & Language.

Mirror Piece
Art & Language, Mirror Piece, 1965.
ArtistArt & Language
Michael Baldwin
Year1965
TypeInstallation
Painting
MediumMirror, Glass and wood panels
MovementConceptual Art
LocationChâteau de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art
OwnerPhilippe Méaille

Description

Mirror piece is an installation of variable dimensions. It is composed of multiple mirrors of different sizes covered with regular or deforming glass plates, presented on wooden panels.[1] This installation is accompanied by a protocol and text panels.[2]

Exhibitions

Critical analysis

This installation, one of the first ones of the Art & Language collective, replaces the surface of a painting with mirrors. It allows us to discuss, among other things, the theme of representation as well as the place and role of the spectator in the work of art. The mirror, being a surface that reflects light without its own image, the artists will say of this gesture:

The interest in mirrors resided in the fact that the mirror produced the "perfectly transparent" image... but this does not mean that you cannot be aware of the surface of the mirror itself, however difficult that is (as Ian Burn pointed out).

The mirror being in the place of what should be a painting, the spectator sees himself looking at a work of art[12] and the recent practice of selfies has greatly contributed to the popularity of this Mirror Piece.[13]

Bibliography
  • Matthew Jesse Jackson et Art & Language, Art & Language Reality (Dark) Fragments (Light) Philippe Méaille Collection, Château de Montsoreau-musée d'Art contemporain, 2018 ISBN 978-2955791721
  • Art & Language, Carles Guerra, Matthew Jesse Jackson, Bartomeu Marí, Philippe Méaille, ART & LANGUAGE UNCOMPLETED. THE PHILIPPE MÉAILLE COLLECTION, Musée d'art contemporain de Barcelone, 2014, ISBN 978-84-92505-52-4

References
  1. Reality (Dark) Frangments (Light) (in French and English). Montsoreau: Château de Montsoreau. 2018. p. 21. ISBN 9782955791721.
  2. Peynot, Jean-Philippe (January 2017). "Art & Language empêcheurs de tourner en rond". Art Press (in French and English): 34. ISSN 0245-5676.
  3. Silverman van Coenegrachts, Jill; Mengham, Rod; Méaille, Philippe (2015). Art & Language - Made in Zurich (in French). Paris: Editions Bernard Jordan. p. 86. ISBN 978-3-00-047269-5.
  4. Gonçalves Cepeda, Rui (20 May 2011). "Barcelona Gains Art & Language collection". Art Newspaper.
  5. Bosco, Roberta (2015-03-05). "Philippe Méaille dona al Macba seis obras del colectivo Art & Language". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  6. "Philippe Méaille deposita 800 obras de Art & Language en el MACBA". Hoyesarte.com (in Spanish). 29 March 2011.
  7. "Coleccionista retira su colección del MACBA por la inestabilidad política de Catalunya". e24diari (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  8. Montañés, José Ángel (2017-10-13). "El Macba afirma que la seguridad de sus obras está garantizada". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  9. Ariane James-Sarazin (February 2016). "Philippe Méaille". Revue aller-retour de l'artothèque d'Angers (in French): 76–p.83. ISSN 2418-2311.
  10. Stephanie Cristello (September 2016). Foreword Art & Language: A Conquest. Chicago: Expo Chgo. p. 2.
  11. "La collection". Château de Montsoreau-Musée d'Art Contemporain (in French). Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  12. Ann Stephen, Keith Broadfoot et Andrew McNamara (2009). Mirror Mirror then and now (PDF). Australia: Institut of modern art. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-875792-67-2.
  13. Tate. "Art & Language: Conceptual art, mirrors and selfies -TateShots". Tate. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
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