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stanley brouwn
1970
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Soon after arriving in Amsterdam in 1957, Stanley Brouwn became associated with the Dutch Nul group, and later developed a practice aligned with Fluxus and conceptual art. Centred on distance, movement, and physical mapping, his ...
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la paz
stanley brouwn
1970
Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Unpaginated [48 pages]
19.4 × 19.6 cm

Soon after arriving in Amsterdam in 1957, Stanley Brouwn became associated with the Dutch Nul group, and later developed a practice aligned with Fluxus and conceptual art. Centred on distance, movement, and physical mapping, his work replaced abstract visual representation with literal and radically minimal forms of depiction.


 


Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, this artist’s book distills Brouwn’s interest in walking as an artistic medium. A gesture in psychogeography, it consists of 21 instructions for short walks, ranging from “walk 95 m in the direction of la paz” to “walk 5 m in the direction of guatemala”.


 


The book’s spare structure alternates each instruction with a blank page, leaving the reader to envision a journey towards a distant destination.


 


Brouwn’s propositions resonate with the work of Robert Smithson and Richard Long, whose practices similarly engaged with movement and space. Unlike their physical journeys through the landscape, however, Brouwn’s remain imaginary, activated solely through language and the reader’s participation.

Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Unpaginated [48 pages]
19.4 × 19.6 cm

Soon after arriving in Amsterdam in 1957, Stanley Brouwn became associated with the Dutch Nul group, and later developed a practice aligned with Fluxus and conceptual art. Centred on distance, movement, and physical mapping, his work replaced abstract visual representation with literal and radically minimal forms of depiction.

 

Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, this artist’s book distills Brouwn’s interest in walking as an artistic medium. A gesture in psychogeography, it consists of 21 instructions for short walks, ranging from “walk 95 m in the direction of la paz” to “walk 5 m in the direction of guatemala”.

 

The book’s spare structure alternates each instruction with a blank page, leaving the reader to envision a journey towards a distant destination.

 

Brouwn’s propositions resonate with the work of Robert Smithson and Richard Long, whose practices similarly engaged with movement and space. Unlike their physical journeys through the landscape, however, Brouwn’s remain imaginary, activated solely through language and the reader’s participation.

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Soon after arriving in Amsterdam in 1957, Stanley Brouwn became associated with the Dutch Nul group, and later developed a practice aligned with Fluxus and conceptual art. Centred on distance, movement, and physical mapping, his work replaced abstract visual representation with literal and radically minimal forms of depiction.

 

Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, this artist’s book distills Brouwn’s interest in walking as an artistic medium. A gesture in psychogeography, it consists of 21 instructions for short walks, ranging from “walk 95 m in the direction of la paz” to “walk 5 m in the direction of guatemala”.

 

The book’s spare structure alternates each instruction with a blank page, leaving the reader to envision a journey towards a distant destination.

 

Brouwn’s propositions resonate with the work of Robert Smithson and Richard Long, whose practices similarly engaged with movement and space. Unlike their physical journeys through the landscape, however, Brouwn’s remain imaginary, activated solely through language and the reader’s participation.

Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Unpaginated [48 pages]
19.4 × 19.6 cm

Soon after arriving in Amsterdam in 1957, Stanley Brouwn became associated with the Dutch Nul group, and later developed a practice aligned with Fluxus and conceptual art. Centred on distance, movement, and physical mapping, his work replaced abstract visual representation with literal and radically minimal forms of depiction.

 

Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, this artist’s book distills Brouwn’s interest in walking as an artistic medium. A gesture in psychogeography, it consists of 21 instructions for short walks, ranging from “walk 95 m in the direction of la paz” to “walk 5 m in the direction of guatemala”.

 

The book’s spare structure alternates each instruction with a blank page, leaving the reader to envision a journey towards a distant destination.

 

Brouwn’s propositions resonate with the work of Robert Smithson and Richard Long, whose practices similarly engaged with movement and space. Unlike their physical journeys through the landscape, however, Brouwn’s remain imaginary, activated solely through language and the reader’s participation.

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Soon after arriving in Amsterdam in 1957, Stanley Brouwn became associated with the Dutch Nul group, and later developed a practice aligned with Fluxus and conceptual art. Centred on distance, movement, and physical mapping, his work replaced abstract visual representation with literal and radically minimal forms of depiction.

 

Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, this artist’s book distills Brouwn’s interest in walking as an artistic medium. A gesture in psychogeography, it consists of 21 instructions for short walks, ranging from “walk 95 m in the direction of la paz” to “walk 5 m in the direction of guatemala”.

 

The book’s spare structure alternates each instruction with a blank page, leaving the reader to envision a journey towards a distant destination.

 

Brouwn’s propositions resonate with the work of Robert Smithson and Richard Long, whose practices similarly engaged with movement and space. Unlike their physical journeys through the landscape, however, Brouwn’s remain imaginary, activated solely through language and the reader’s participation.

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