The Photographic Error as a Strategy in Belgian Conceptual art. The Case of Jacques Lizène

Since the 1970s Belgian artist Jacques Lizène (b. 1946) calls himself “Minor late mid-twentieth-century Master of Liège, Artist of the Mediocre and Unimportant.” As this dubious title suggests, the idea of failure is central in his oeuvre. Through performative photo works, in which he often acts himself, Lizène questions the role and the image of “the artist” on the one hand, and the functioning of the photographic medium on the other. Photographic “errors,” or strategies that run counter to the formalist aesthetic norms within photography, are used for a medium specific inquiry.

Jaar van publicatie:2017

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