Artist
Michael Asher
American, 1943–2012
Michael Asher was an American artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Michael Asher was born in Los Angeles.
Michael Max Asher was an American conceptual artist, described by The New York Times as "among the patron saints of the Conceptual Art phylum known as Institutional Critique, an often esoteric dissection of the assumptions that govern how we perceive art." Rather than designing new art objects, Asher typically altered the existing environment, by repositioning or removing artworks, walls, facades, etc.
Collections represented
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