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A demolition firm was employed for Michael Heizer ’s Bern Depression (1969): their wrecking ball made 25 hits against the pavement outside the kunsthalle. Watching this work in progress, Harald Szeemann stands second from left, with the artist third from left. -
Works by three artists associated with Arte Povera were installed in the entrance hall of the Stedelijk Museum, in amongst a display of the permanent collection. Visible here are Giovanni Anselmo’s Torsione (Torsion, 1968), an iron bar braced against the wall on a twisted flannel yoke, and Mario Merz’s large trapezoid rattan basket Vimini (1966). In addition, Gilberto Zorio placed a double row of electric lights at the entrance, illuminating an area of floor below, Luci (Lights, 1968). Works by the same three artists were brought together in one of the galleries dedicated to the exhibition. -
To the right of Barry Flanagan’s Two Space Rope Sculpture (1967), as visitors entered from the previous space, were four works by Bruce Nauman. Three of these are visible here: on the floor, Collection of Various Flexible Materials Separated by Layers of Grease with Holes the Size of My Waist and Wrists (1966); and on the wall, left to right, Neon Templates of the Left Half of My Body Taken at Ten Inch Intervals (1966) and, in fibreglass, Untitled (1965). On the far wall were further works by New York artists: Robert Morris’s Felt Piece Number 4 (1968) was installed in the centre and Artschwarger positioned one of his 40 blps (1968) low down to the far left (here partially occluded by a chair). On the floor, before visitors reached Morris’s piece and on the other side of Flanagan’s rope from Nauman’s work, were works by two Italians: Alighiero e Boetti’s figure made from concrete balls, Io che prendo il sole a Torino il 24 febbraio 1969 (Me Sunbathing in Turin on 24 February 1969, 1969) and, beyond, Mario Merz’s Sit-in (1968), a neon text embedded in wax within an iron frame. Between these two works, propped against the wall, was Appoggiati (Leaning, 1969), also by Merz and composed of glass panels surrounded by mastic. -
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Barry Flanagan’s Two Space Rope Sculpture (1967), which connected this gallery with the adjoining one. -
Outside Kunsthalle Bern, 1969 -
Explore: ‘Op Losse Schroeven’ and ‘When Attitudes Become Form’ 1969 -
The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, spring 1969. -
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Jan Dibbets dug trenches about a metre deep at each corner of the building, exposing its foundations for his work Museumsokkel met 4 hoeken van 90 o (Museum Pedestal with Four Angles of 90 o , 1969). -
For his work Luxurious Streetcorner (1969), Ger van Elk replaced the brickwork of the pavement at the corner adjacent to the museum with glazed tiles. -
On the outside of the museum, Richard Serra (standing) installed the lead work Splash Piece (1968/69), assisted by Philip Glass (right) and Robert Fiore (left). The piece was vandalised shortly afterwards and thereby removed from the exhibition before it opened. -
Richard Serra’s Shovel Plate Prop, Close Pin Prop and Sign Board Prop (all 1969) in the kunsthalle. -
Richard Serra installing his Splash Piece (1968/69) assisted by Philip Glass and Robert Fiore molten lead, dimensions variable. -
In the cafeteria of the Stedelijk Museum, Ger van Elk’s Hanging Wall (1968) restricted eye contact between those seated at a table.
‘When Attitudes Become Form (Works – Concepts – Processes – Situations – Information)’ artists’ list
Kunsthalle Bern
22 March–23 April 1969†
Carl Andre
Giovanni Anselmo
Richard Artschwager
Thomas Bang
Robert Barry
Joseph Beuys
Mel Bochner
Alighiero e Boetti
Marinus Boezem
Bill Bollinger
Michael Buthe
Pier Paolo Calzolari
Paul Cotton
Hanne Darboven
Jan Dibbets
Ger van Elk
Rafael Ferrer
Barry Flanagan
Michael Heizer
Eva Hesse
Douglas Huebler
Alain Jacquet
Neil Jenney
Stephen Kaltenbach
Edward Kienholz
Yves Klein
Joseph Kosuth
Jannis Kounellis
Gary Kuehn
Sol LeWitt
Richard Long
Walter De Maria
Mario Merz
Robert Morris
Bruce Nauman
Claes Oldenburg
Panamarenko
Pino Pascali
Emilio Prini
Markus Raetz
Allen Ruppersberg
Reiner Ruthenbeck
Robert Ryman
Fred Sandback
Alan Saret
Sarkis
Jean-Frédéric Schnyder
Richard Serra
Robert Smithson
Keith Sonnier
Richard Tuttle
Frank Lincoln Viner
Franz Erhard Walther
Lawrence Weiner
William T. Wiley
Gilberto Zorio
With ‘Information’ by Jared Bark, Ted Glass, Hans Haacke, Paolo Icaro, Jo Ann Kaplan, Bernd Lohaus, Roelof Louw, Bruce McLean, David Medalla, Denis Oppenheim, Paul Pechter, Michelangelo Pistoletto and William Wegman.
† The scheduled dates were 22 March–27 April 1969, but the exhibition closed a few days early.