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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Richard Artschwager

Feb 28 – May 10, 2020
Abandoibarra Etorb., 2, 48009 Bilbo, Bizkaia, Spain

In describing his work, the late Richard Artschwager would simply say, “If you sit on it, it’s a chair. If you walk around it and look at it, it is a sculpture.” He was interested in the in-between and his oeuvre of sculpted books, clocks, stairs, and punctuation marks defies categorization, existing somewhere between Pop Art, Conceptual Art, and Minimalism. From this “school of one,” look for playful scale and a strong sense of the infinitive (“to be or not to be”—another in-between). —E.C.

Richard Artschwager “Tower III (Confessional),” 1980. Photo: Bisig & Bayer, Basel.