Michael Asher created site-specific interventions that altered the architecture, circulation and institutional conditions of galleries and museums. He frequently removed walls, relocated objects or exposed normally hidden systems rather than adding conventional artworks.
Installation; institutional critique
Artist Films
Michael Asher: "No Title," 2009-2010
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1974Claire Copley Gallery intervention
- 1979/2005Art Institute of Chicago George Washington relocation
- 1970Pomona College Gallery intervention
- 1976Venice Biennale Radiators
- 2008Santa Monica Museum intervention
- 1992Clock Project, Kunsthalle Bern
- 1970sMuseum wall removals
- 1977/87/97/2007Skulptur Projekte Münster Caravan
- 1970sHalifax Installation
- 1969–2010sInstitutional Architecture Interventions
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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