Systems art

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Systems art is art influenced by systems theory, which reflects on natural systems, social systems and social signs of the art world itself.[1] Systems art emerged as part of the first wave of the conceptual art movement extended in the 1960s and 1970s. Closely related and overlapping terms are Anti-form movement, Cybernetic art, Generative Systems, Process art, Systems aesthetic, Systemic art, Systemic painting and Systems sculptures.

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Jack_Burnham

Robert Smithson

Frank Stella [1]

Gordon Matta Clark [[2]]

Walter De Maria

Helen & Newton Harrison / The Harrisons [3]

Vito Acconci [4] [5] video


Ian Baxter & the N.E. Thing Co. [6]

[Les Levine] early video installations [7], participation in SOFTWARE show 1970 [8] [9]


Agnes Denes and her project Wheatfield [10] - A Confrontation, Battery Park Landfill, downtown Manhattan, 2 acres of wheat planted & harvested, summer 1982


Walter de Maria

New York Earth Room [11] Lightning Field [12]

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