Robert Irwin, who died last week in San Diego, at 95, had one of the most restless, inquiring minds of any artist I have ever known.
From that point forward he wanted to make works of art without frames, without limits, which he did, continually questioning the very nature of art in almost every visionary work he made.
Irwin coined a term, “conditional art,” for his practice.
Sometimes nearly invisible, his art was always a function of the circumstances of its being.
The work remains to this day, creating an effect of landscape that could never be expressed in a painting.
Persons:
Robert Irwin, —, Irwin, ”
Organizations:
University of California
Locations:
San Diego