American Connections: The early works of Thomas Bang
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American Connections : The early works of Thomas Bang. / Petersen, Anne Ring.
I: RIHA Journal. Journal of the International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art, 10.09.2015.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - American Connections
T2 - The early works of Thomas Bang
AU - Petersen, Anne Ring
PY - 2015/9/10
Y1 - 2015/9/10
N2 - The Danish artist Thomas Bang spent his early years in the USA. The works he created in this formative period were thus profoundly shaped by the contemporary movements in American art of the 1960s and 1970s when sculpture, or to be more precise, three-dimensional work became a hotbed of expansive experiments. This article traces how Bang made a radical move from painting to sculpture, which was characteristic of that time, and how he developed his artistic idiom by taking an active part in some of the seminal new departures in American art, in particular process art and post-minimalism. By leaping forward to Bang's later works produced after his return to Denmark, the article also demonstrates how the sculptural syntax and working principles developed in the early works still underlie and structure the artist's more allegorical sculptures and installations from the 2000s, thus testifying to the lasting impact of Bang's American period, which remains the key to understanding his works.
AB - The Danish artist Thomas Bang spent his early years in the USA. The works he created in this formative period were thus profoundly shaped by the contemporary movements in American art of the 1960s and 1970s when sculpture, or to be more precise, three-dimensional work became a hotbed of expansive experiments. This article traces how Bang made a radical move from painting to sculpture, which was characteristic of that time, and how he developed his artistic idiom by taking an active part in some of the seminal new departures in American art, in particular process art and post-minimalism. By leaping forward to Bang's later works produced after his return to Denmark, the article also demonstrates how the sculptural syntax and working principles developed in the early works still underlie and structure the artist's more allegorical sculptures and installations from the 2000s, thus testifying to the lasting impact of Bang's American period, which remains the key to understanding his works.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Amerikansk kunst
KW - Dansk kunst
KW - maleri
KW - skulptur
KW - 20, århundreds kunst
KW - installationskunst
KW - American art
KW - Danish art
KW - Painting
KW - Installation
KW - Sculpture
KW - 20th century art
M3 - Journal article
JO - RIHA Journal
JF - RIHA Journal
SN - 2190-3328
M1 - 0128
ER -
ID: 144118966