{"product_id":"barry-le-va-in-a-state-of-flux","title":"Barry Le Va - In a State of Flux","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBarry Le Va (1941–2021) is regarded as a moderniser of sculpture in post-1960s art. Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein presents the first retrospective since the artist’s death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\"I guess at that time the body was a new territory, and it had to be investigated.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e—Barry Le Va, 2003\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn his cross-disciplinary oeuvre, which is seen as beginning in the early days of process art and postminimalism, Barry Le Va succeeded in expanding the concept of sculpture. Not only did he break up the unit of form into countless particles, he also incorporated the principles of change, instability, and disruption as constants in his art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eKunstmuseum Liechtenstein presents the first retrospective since the artist's death, providing a survey of his work from the 1960s to his final groups of work. The thread running through this exhibition is the exploration of the relationship between the installations and the drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eExecuted with care and following detailed plans, Barry Le Va's installations are defined by the principles of chance, chaos and order. All his life, the floor was the artist's \"ground\" and field for experimentation. First executed in 1966, his Distribution Pieces, scattered on the ground, gained him wide and instant public attention following a cover story in Artforum in November 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDrawing is an integral part of Le Va's oeuvre. On the one hand, he saw it as part of his thinking process; on the other, he understood drawings as \"diagrams that function almost like musical scores or compositions\". In this sense they often pave the way for the sculptural work, sometimes serving as a kind of \"plan view\", while at the same time permitting interpretation and improvisation in situ. Other drawings are works in their own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFrom the outset, the relationship between viewer and artwork was of the utmost importance to Le Va. His installations, which he likened to crime scenes, challenge the viewers to search for clues so as to reconstruct the act and the underlying concept. This approach is based on Le Va's profound interest in the crime genre: \"I became intrigued by the idea of visual clues, the way Sherlock Holmes managed to reconstruct a plot from obscure visual evidence.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe exhibition is accompanied by a three-volume publication in which the artist's voice is heard in particular through his \"Notes\" (statements) and through the republication and first publication of interviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe exhibition will travel to Fruitmarket, Edinburgh (26 October 2024 – 2 February 2025), and Museum Kurhaus Kleve (30 March – 29 June 2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVOLUME 1: Essays and Works,128 pages, 100 ills. in color, 18 ills. in b\u0026amp;w\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVOLUME 2: Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Artist's Notes, 272 pages, 350 ills. in color, 156 ills. in b\u0026amp;w\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVOLUME 3: Interviews, 120 pages, 1 ill. in color, 11 ills. in b\u0026amp;w\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VFMK Boutique","offers":[{"title":"DEU – Deutsch","offer_id":58749398647168,"sku":null,"price":72.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"ENG – Englisch","offer_id":58749398679936,"sku":null,"price":72.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/2726\/7712\/files\/VFMK_Barry_LeVa_Cover.webp?v=1787842460","url":"https:\/\/www.vfmk.org\/products\/barry-le-va-in-a-state-of-flux","provider":"VFMK Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}