Sequences, 1998
A collection of prints
Portfolio of diptychs and triptychs, altogether 78 prints, 50 x 40 or 40 x 50 cm in different media by 29 artists. Edition: 60 + X (+ varying number of proofs), all prints signed and numbered by the artists.
Since the beginning of the 60s, the concept of the series has dominated contemporary art. No longer is the single work - painting, drawing or print - in the focus of interest, but the sequence of works, mostly of the same format. Thus, each work consists of multiple elements, only the entity of which makes it a complete work of art. In Pop art, the sequential arrangement of works derives from the multiplicity or even endless repetition of images in the media. Jasper Johns and Robert Indianas Numbers, Andy Warhols serial color or print variations of second-hand images are typical examples of that general art practice of the Pop Art era.
print catalog pages of entire project
Even more so in Minimal and Conceptual art has the serial order of works become the predominant principle of making art. The series serve to develop an idea in steps (A, B, C, D etc.) or to examine variations (A1, A2, A3 etc., B1, B2, B3 etc.), or to emphasize differences in shape, color or proportion, in which case the crucial idea lies in the steps, in the space between A, B, C, and D etc. Artists like Stella, Judd, Flavin, LeWitt, Darboven, Buren and many others have celebrated the sequence, the series, and thus created fundamental, new aesthetics in contemporary art, with great influence on design, graphic design, and architecture. The concept of the sequence also reflects our more filmic use and consumption of images in our time.
