What is Entropy?
Entropy, in a broader sense, refers to the inevitable deterioration or decline of a society or system. In art, the concept was popularized by artist Robert Smithson in the 1960s. He used the term to critique what he saw as the static and overly simplified nature of contemporary minimalist art. Smithson's work often explored the idea of entropy as a force of chaos and decay, contrasting with the perceived order and purity of minimalist works.
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ARTWORKS RELATED TO ENTROPY
Dan Flavin
Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm, 1973
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
GBP 2,340
Donald Judd
A Group of 4 Aquatints 1, 1978-79
Limited Edition Print
Aquatint
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Donald Judd
Untitled (set of 6), 1980
Limited Edition Print
Aquatint
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Dan Flavin
Guggenheim Tondo, 1992
Sculpture / Object
Mixed Media
EUR 7,500
Donald Judd
Untitled (from Kunstmarkt Köln), 1969
Limited Edition Print
Offset Print
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Larry Bell
Barcelona #5, 1988
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
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Larry Bell
Barcelona #10, 1988
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
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