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Charles Gaines (born 1944) is an American visual artist, whose work interrogates the discourse of aesthetics, politics, and philosophy. Taking the form of drawings, photographic series and video installations, the work consistently involves the use of systems, predominantly in the form of the grid, often in combination with photography.
Dec 5, 2023 · Charles Gaines Interrogates the Nature of Meaning. The artist uses a meticulous conceptual framework to create art that is as meaningful as it is impactful. Written by Michael Slenske....
A philosopher as much as an artist, Charles Gaines thrives on the conceptual. He developed his theoretical approach to art largely through avid reading on a range of topics, from Western philosophy to Tantric Buddhist art.
May 16, 2024 · The conceptual artist Charles Gaines, best known for his rules-based grid works that he began making in the 1970s, had his imagination shaped by his experiences of difference.
Charles Gaines is an American artist whose work interrogates the discourse of aesthetics, politics, and philosophy. Taking the form of drawings, photographic series and video installations,...
A pivotal figure in the field of conceptual art, Charles Gaines’ body of work engages formulas and systems that interrogate relationships between the objective and the subjective realms.
Charles Gaines was born in 1944 in Charleston, South Carolina. The artist received his BA from Jersey State College in 1966 and his MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1967. A conceptual artist, Gaines’ work investigates the ways in which society produces distinctions and categories.
