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Michael Asher

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American conceptual artist (1943-2012)

United StatesArtistsLived 1943 to 2012 · aged 69
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" Rather than designing new art objects, Asher typically altered the existing environment, by repositioning or removing artworks, walls, facades, etc.

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Awards 2

2000Aachen Art Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Michael Max Asher was an American conceptual artist, described by The New York Times as "among the patron saints of the Conceptual Art phylum known as Institutional Critique, an often esoteric dissection of the assumptions that govern how we perceive art." Rather than designing new art objects, Asher typically altered the existing environment, by repositioning or removing artworks, walls, facades, etc.

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United States
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Artists
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Artist
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deceased
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Lived 1943 to 2012 · aged 69
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