Antoinette Ohannessian: Commonplaces on Ordinary Supports
Antoinette Ohannessian inscribes commonplaces onto diverse everyday materials such as T-shirts, paper bags, cardboard, egg cartons, sponges, and wooden boards. Her phrases include observations on body positioning, e.g., "When standing with arms down, hands are at table height," and avoid tautological demonstration or power discourse through assembly accidents.
Key facts
- Antoinette Ohannessian uses ordinary supports like T-shirts, paper bags, cardboard, egg cartons, sponges, and wooden boards.
- Her phrases include observations on body positioning, e.g., 'When standing with arms down, hands are at table height.'
- Her work avoids tautological demonstration and power discourse through assembly accidents.
- The article was published in artpress in April 1999.
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Artists
- Antoinette Ohannessian
Institutions
- artpress
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