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Absorption As A Way Of Seeing
Pearl Lam Galleries is delighted to present Absorption as a Way of Seeing, featuring works by eight contemporary artists. In his 1967 seminal essay 鈥淎rt and Objecthood鈥�, art historian Michael Fried investigates ways to perpetuate the viewing experience of art. Fried proposes that artworks are 鈥渕ore than objects鈥�; specifically, the experience of art does not rely on the object on view alone, but also the way in which we partake in 鈥渢he entire situation鈥� and embrace the very object within our field of vision. Objecthood is defined as the conditions that entice viewers to look consciously and to engage with an object. In short, the way we look at an artwork becomes an integral part of the object itself.
This group exhibition reflects on our absorption of an artwork through looking at it and contemplates the link between materiality, time, and memory in order to acknowledge the ontological potential of art itself.
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Pearl Lam Galleries is delighted to present Absorption as a Way of Seeing, featuring works by eight contemporary artists. In his 1967 seminal essay 鈥淎rt and Objecthood鈥�, art historian Michael Fried investigates ways to perpetuate the viewing experience of art. Fried proposes that artworks are 鈥渕ore than objects鈥�; specifically, the experience of art does not rely on the object on view alone, but also the way in which we partake in 鈥渢he entire situation鈥� and embrace the very object within our field of vision. Objecthood is defined as the conditions that entice viewers to look consciously and to engage with an object. In short, the way we look at an artwork becomes an integral part of the object itself.
This group exhibition reflects on our absorption of an artwork through looking at it and contemplates the link between materiality, time, and memory in order to acknowledge the ontological potential of art itself.
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