William Anastasi (b.1933,
USA) is one of the founders of Conceptual Art with solid connections in
his earliest works to Minimalism. His exhibits "Sound Objects", 1964-65
and "Six Sites", 1966/67, set the stage for exhibitions under the
eventually widely used term 'Site Specific'. In the last four and a
half decades this genre has developed into a veritable industry.
Even before those two mold breaking exhibitions Anastasi had developed
his signature innovation of the use of process in what he refers to as
his "unsighted drawings". They were begun in 1963 and are ongoing
in continually developing strategies. They are typically keyed to the
body -- the pocket drawings and other stationary unsigted works, or to
the space in which they were made -- Six Sites and Continuum. Of all
the Conceptualists and Minimalists, Anastasi is virtually alone as one
who, since the '60's, has consistently pushed the boundaries of the
medium of drawing. His lead has been followed by many --
even to the adoption of specific genres he has invented.
William Anastasi has since 1988 exhibited through Stalke Galleri.
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Self-Interview for Art On Paper, May 2007
William Anastasi with Phong Bui, 2007
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William Anstasi, Stalke Galleri 2004
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