Art You Can't See w/Sarah Meyohas & Mitchell Chan | S4 E6

Conceptual Art

Conceptual art challenges traditional notions by prioritizing ideas over tangible forms. Mitchell Chan explains that conceptual art uses objects as placeholders to direct viewers to external concepts, often focusing on processes or systems 1. Sarah Meyohas adds that the 20th century's rapid succession of art movements expanded art's definition, allowing anything from words to tokens to be considered art 2. This iterative creation process fosters a dialogue between the artist and the artwork, as Mitchell notes, "It's not like we said, oh, we have an idea, and they're done" 3.

   

Stock Performance

Sarah's Stock Performance project exemplifies the intersection of art and finance, where she manipulated stock prices and translated them into physical art 4. Mitchell Chan praises this work for its commentary on the futility of impacting global finance, likening it to "a person pissing into the ocean" 4. Tokenization, as discussed by Mitchell, allows artists to separate their art from its commodity form, enabling them to create freely without the constraints of traditional art markets 5.