I looked in more depth into the work of Carl Andre after looking at him when we covered Site and Situation. I chose to look in depth at one particular work, linked to above. I chose this work because I feel it shows how his work is viewed is very much dependent on the situation in which it is placed. The positioning of his 144 cubes is key in how the viewer reacts to the artwork and the 'negative space' in between the cubes. The website claims the cubes are placed 'randomly' however I don't believe they were as someone would have to place them and would think about how they were positioned in relation to the site they have been placed. Considering Carl Andre's work focuses on situation and the placing of objects, this work being randomly placed would be an obscure deviation from his previous work. I do not believe this piece to be an anomaly but instead a carefully situated piece, in which the order is secret so appears random in its format.
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