Anonymous
Overview
“Look at all the works in museums by Anonymous during the last 4000 years. Anonymous is everywhere doing the best work in every country in every century. The greatest artists have always been anonymous. It’s only been in the last 600 years or so that an ego identification has been attached to things. It has been to the detriment of the work. The work should represent itself alone. Putting a name on it removes it outside what the work is, unless the work has a very personal relationship. The insistence on displaying conspicuous names on works is an interference. It’s like having a huge Coca Cola sign stuck in the middle of Yosemite National Park in front of the Bridal Veil waterfall.”
— Bruce Conner, 2005
Works
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AnonymousHokyointo, 1522, dated 2nd year of Daiei Era (1521-1528)Shuzan-Kitayama stone38 x 18 x 17 1/2 inches
96.5 x 45.7 x 44.5 cm -
AnonymousBugs, mid 1800sink and watercolor on paper12 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
31.8 x 29.2 cm -
AnonymousJEWELRY AND TABLE JULY 21, 2001, 2001engraving collage3 x 5 3/8 inches
7.6 x 13.7 cm -
AnonymousINKBLOT DRAWING, JANUARY 20, 2002, 2002ink and collage on paperimage 7 3/4 x 3 inches/19.7 x 7.6 cm
sheet 11 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches/28.3 x 19.1 cm -
AnonymousYose-Oki Lantern, Edo Period, 1603-1868stone16 x 22 x 15 inches
40.6 x 55.9 x 38.1 cm -
AnonymousLEAVES, OCTOBER 5, 2001, 2001ink and collage36 1/4 x 17 inches/92.1 x 43.2 cm
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AnonymousLantern, Muromachi Period 1336-1573 and Mid Edo Period 1603-1868Kurama stone17 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches
45.1 x 31.1 x 31.1 cm -
AnonymousINKBLOT DRAWING, OCTOBER 30, 2001, 2001ink and collage on paperimage 6 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches/16.2 x 8.6 cm
sheet 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches/28.6 x 19.1 cm -
AnonymousLEAF, 2001ink on papersheet 7 1/4 x 5 5/16 inches
18.4 x 13.5 cm -
AnonymousINKBLOT DRAWING, JANUARY 19, 2002, 2002ink and collage on paperimage 8 1/8 x 3 inches/20.6 x 7.6 cm
sheet 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches/28.6 x 19.1 cm -
AnonymousINKBLOT DRAWING, OCTOBER 30, 2001, 2001ink and collage on paperimage 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches/10.8 x 8.6 cm
sheet 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches/19.1 x 19.1 cm -
AnonymousGorinto, Kamakura Period, 1185-1300 and Edo Period, 1603-1868stone32 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches
81.9 x 31.8 x 31.8 cm -
AnonymousINKBLOT DRAWING, OCTOBER 29, 2001, 2001ink and collage on paperimage 5 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches/14 x 7 cm
sheet 11 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches/28.9 x 19.1 cm -
AnonymousTsukubai (water basin), Kamakura Period, 1185-1300Shirakawa stone13 x 19 x 18 1/2 inches
33 x 48.3 x 47 cm -
AnonymousINKBLOT DRAWING, OCTOBER 29, 2001, 2001ink and collage on paperimage 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches/14 x 8.9 cm
sheet 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches/28.6 x 19.1 cm -
AnonymousTsukubai (water basin), Kamakura Period, 1185-1300Shirakawa stone, carved from a suirin (the sphere portion) of an earlier gorinto12 1/2 x 14 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches
31.8 x 36.2 x 36.2 cm -
AnonymousNishinoya-style Lantern, Edo Period, 1603-1868Shirakawa stone62 1/2 x 21 x 20 3/4 inches
158.8 x 53.3 x 52.7 cm -
AnonymousFALLEN LEAVES OCTOBER 7, 2001, 2001ink and collage on paper and silk36 x 17 in
91.4 x 43.2 cm
Exhibitions
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ASSEMBLED
Bruce Conner / Jean Conner / Anonymous / Anonymouse / Emily Feather / Signed in Blood 23 Jan - 6 Mar 2021Hosfelt Gallery is thrilled to present its first exhibition in collaboration with the Conner Family Trust - a show which mines 60 years of work by Bruce Conner and Jean Conner (as...Read more -
Jutta Haeckel
Double Nature 19 Oct - 22 Nov 2019Düsseldorf-based Jutta Haeckel may be the most original painter of her generation. Her recent paintings on jute—the strong, coarse, natural fiber that burlap is made of—utilize a series of unorthodox techniques to undermine the physical and conceptual precepts of painting.Read more
