Carl Andre
Carl Andre
Carl Andreis an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworksto more intimate tile patterns arranged on the floor of an exhibition space. In 1988, Andre was tried and acquitted in the death of his wife, artist Ana Mendieta...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth16 September 1935
CountryUnited States of America
publicity
Americans understand better than the Europeans and the English that any publicity is good.
always-trying perfect people
The world is imperfect, and young people are always trying to perfect it and they always fail - which is a good thing. Who'd want to live in a perfect world?
art spring desire
My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
children artist littles
Artists tend to be beyond embarrassment the way little children tend to be beyond embarrassment.
art men mountain
A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.
art needs intersections
Art is an intersection of many human needs.
art exclusion unnecessary
Art is the exclusion of the unnecessary.
block space inward
I was never good at painting. The great turning point came when I had a block of wood and I carved a shape into the wood and put a small piece of timber into that space - like a negative - and so it made an endless column, only inward.
children
I never stopped doing what I did as a child.
girl men thinking
You can always find somebody to beat up. This goes back to the schoolyard. Most men would think, Don't chum with girls. But I chummed with girls.
block way sculpture
Why carve? It's a better sculpture that way. I'll never improve the block. So I just started using uncarved blocks.
usage turns universal
Once you turn something into something, its universal usage is over.
people variation pieces
My works have always been unjoined. People were always making variations of my works, and I just said, "I don't want to know." You can't put limits on those pieces. You can't be there all of the time when they're installed.
piano study
I didn't study the piano - the piano studied me.