Born 1943
Michael Asher is an American conceptual artist and lives in Los Angeles. Michael Asher’s philosophy regarding the modern art movement of conceptual art is one that realises that no individual art object has a universal meaning. Other conceptual artists also share this belief and Michael Asher was a pioneer in this area. He realised the importance in the relationship between an item of art and the gallery space that it sits in. His works highlights this relationship between art, material and space.
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