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Mirror Piece is a 1965 contemporary art installation by Michael Baldwin, a member of the British conceptual art collective Art & Language.

Description

Mirror Piece is an installation of variable dimensions. It is composed of multiple mirrors of different sizes covered with regular or deforming glass plates, presented on wooden panels.BOOK, Reality (Dark) Frangments (Light), 2018, Château de Montsoreau, 9782955791721, Montsoreau, 21, fr, en, This installation is accompanied by 13 pages of text and diagrams.JOURNAL, Peynot, Jean-Philippe, January 2017, Art & Language empêcheurs de tourner en rond, Art Press, fr, en, 34, 0245-5676, BOOK, Bailey, Robert, Art & Language International: Conceptual Art between Art Worlds, 2016-05-19, Duke University Press, 978-0-8223-7412-1, en,

Exhibitions

(File:Mirror michael baldwin art language.jpg|thumb|Another installation)

• Galerie Bruno Bischofberger,BOOK, Art & Language - Made in Zurich, Jill, Silverman van Coenegrachts, Rod, Mengham, Philippe, Méaille, 2015, Editions Bernard Jordan, 978-3-00-047269-5, Paris, 86, fr, Männedorf, Switzerland
• Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art,JOURNAL, Gonçalves Cepeda, Rui, 20 May 2011, Barcelona Gains Art & Language collection, Art Newspaper, en, NEWS, Bosco, Roberta, 2015-03-05, Philippe Méaille dona al Macba seis obras del colectivo Art & Language,weblink El País, es, 2017-08-06, ,.WEB,weblink Philippe Méaille deposita 800 obras de Art & Language en el MACBA, 29 March 2011, Hoyesarte.com, es,
• Château de MontsoreauMuseum of Contemporary Art,WEB,weblink Coleccionista retira su colección del MACBA por la inestabilidad política de Catalunya, e24diari, es, 2019-05-16, NEWS, Montañés, José Ángel, 2017-10-13, El Macba afirma que la seguridad de sus obras está garantizada,weblink El País, es, 1134-6582, 2019-05-16, JOURNAL, Ariane James-Sarazin, February 2016, Philippe Méaille, Revue aller-retour de l'artothèque d'Angers, fr, 76–p.83, 2418-2311, BOOK, Foreword Art & Language: A Conquest, Stephanie Cristello, September 2016, Expo Chgo, Chicago, 2, en, WEB,weblink La collection, Château de Montsoreau-Musée d'Art Contemporain, fr-FR, 2019-05-16, Montsoreau, France.

Critical analysis

This installation, one of the first ones of the Art & Language collective, replaces the surface of a painting with mirrors. It allows us to discuss, among other things, the theme of representation as well as the place and role of the spectator in the work of art. The mirror, being a surface that reflects light without its own image, the artists will say of this gesture:{{Cquote|The interest in mirrors resided in the fact that the mirror produced the "perfectly transparent" image... but this does not mean that you cannot be aware of the surface of the mirror itself, however difficult that is (as Ian Burn pointed out).|Michael BaldwinJOURNAL, Van Coenegrachts, Jill, December 2015, Art & Language Double language, L'Officiel Art, en, 2262-1415, }}The mirror being in the place of what should be a painting, the spectator sees himself looking at a work of artBOOK,weblink Mirror Mirror then and now, Ann Stephen, Keith Broadfoot et Andrew McNamara, 2009, Institut of modern art, 978-1-875792-67-2, Australia, 86, en, and the recent practice of selfies has greatly contributed to the popularity of Mirror Piece.WEB,weblink Art & Language: Conceptual art, mirrors and selfies -TateShots, Tate, Tate, en-GB, 2019-05-16,

Bibliography

• Matthew Jesse Jackson et Art & Language, Art & Language Reality (Dark) Fragments (Light) Philippe Méaille Collection, Château de Montsoreau-musée d'Art contemporain, 2018 {{ISBN|978-2955791721}}
• Art & Language, Carles Guerra, Matthew Jesse Jackson, Bartomeu Marí, Philippe Méaille, Art & Language Uncompleted. The Phillipe Méaille Collection, Musée d'art contemporain de Barcelone, 2014, {{ISBN|978-84-92505-52-4}}

References

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