LATE-CONTEXTUALISTS

IN THE URBAN CONTEXT

The sculpture has descended from the podium on to the earth.

The painting has transcended the frame into reality.

Now the work of art and the public context become indistinguishable.

Predictability is the enemy of seeing.

Experience is experiencing what one does not expect to experience.
The Contextualist work is not meant to be actively experienced.
It is meant to operate below the viewers awareness.
Pieces are seen every day for years, yet they are never questioned.
Not a form of Regionalism; the Late-Contextualists reject the generalization of areas
or cultures. The only valid culture is the individual. The only valid place is that which
is within an individual’s senses at one time.

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The exact locations of works displayed in this book have been withheld in the inter-
est of preserving their contextual anonymity.

Contextualist works may still be happening, may always have happened.

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[01] ‘Sneaky’ Sculptures

[02] Accessories
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[04] Contextual Sound
[05] Placements
[06] Displacements
[07] Replacements
[08] False Publications
[09] Fronting
[10] Overused Iconography Usage
[11] Progressive Vandalism
[12] Shooting Blanks
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[01] ‘Sneaky’ Sculptures
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Secretly installed at night.

[01] ‘Sneaky’ Sculptures

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[02] Accessories
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[02] Accessories
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Installation.

[02] Accessories
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Installation.

[02] Accessories
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[02] Accessories
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[02] Accessories
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Non-functional, of course.

[02] Accessories
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[05] Placements
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The smaller one is fake.

[05] Placements
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Installation.

[05] Placements
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Installation.

[05] Placements
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This work commemorates the millennium celebration.

[06] Displacements
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Unnecessary repairs.

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[07] Replacements
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[08] False Publications

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[08] False Publications

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[09] Fronting
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[09] Fronting
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[10] Overused Iconography Usage
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[10] Overused Iconography Usage

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[11] Progressive Vandalism

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The tree was perfectly healthy.

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This is what happens.

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[12] Shooting Blanks

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[12] Shooting Blanks

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