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So she said
Actual space through a movement between one side and the opposite of a room, of an argument.
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plans
The space isn’t a given. The artwork has to build it.
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To make a work of ordered art
Statements, Art Basel, 1997 Space bridges two opposing ravines — the space of a page (representations of reality) and the space in which one lives a life (reality). Both ravines are depthless gulfs except for the solid ground of space that connects them.
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To complete a work of contemporary art
Encyclopaedia of patterns in contemporary artTo complete the pattern in this work of contemporary art you must first walk into a room in which there is a blue-cubed cushion on top of a white chair. In this room you will find a pattern of repetitive squares that has a missing part (see asterisk*). There is…
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Drawn Lines
Physical space we inhabit shaped not by architecture, but by the lines we draw in our lives between one thing (e.g. friends) and another (e.g. family).
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A Sculpture by Gail Hastings: a page torn from a secret
To make a space visible and thereby actual, the action of a moment performs the space.
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measuring subjectivity
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Floor plan: Empty, except
The space is measured not in feet and inches (American measurements that reference Mel Bochner’s ‘Measurement Room’ of 1969) , but conversations, thoughts and inconsequences
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Room for Love
Room for Love, 1990, as seen at Gertrude Contemporary in 2025. Photograph: Christian Capurro, courtesy the artist and Gertrude Contemporary, © Gail Hastings Photograph: Christian Capurro, courtesy the artist and Gertrude Contemporary, © Gail Hastings
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This Performance — A Passing Thought
Space is parenthesised on one side by an open book showing a colour saturated image of a bookshelf full of books and the same bookshelf, now empty, opposite.