 Artists installing their work in the exhibition, Live In Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form, at the Kunsthalle Bern, 1969 | |
| Date | March 22 – April 27, 1969 |
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| Venue | Kunsthalle Bern |
| Location | Bern, Switzerland |
| Type | art exhibition |
| Theme | Postminimal art, Process art, Arte Povera |
| Organised by | Harald Szeemann |
Live In Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form was an exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern curated by the Swiss curator, Harald Szeemann, in 1969.[1] The show is considered a groundbreaking landmark for Postminimalist and Arte Povera work which, according to the New York Times, was "arguably the most famous exhibition of new art of the postwar era."[2][3]
The exhibition redefined the role of the curator in relation to artists – as a partnership.[3] The exhibition included 127 works by 69 artists (three of whom were women) from Western Europe and the United States. The artists constructed their works on site within the gallery spaces of the Kunsthalle. Many of their works were process-oriented. A selection of artists from the show include Eva Hesse, Gary Kuehn, Robert Smithson, Alighiero Boetti, Joseph Beuys, Bruce Naumann, Hanne Darboven, Mario Merz, Hans Haacke among others.[4][3] The exhibition enabled Szeemann to redefine his role as an independent curator working outside of the constraints of an institution.[5][6]
- ^ "When Attitudes Become Form (Works, Concepts, Processes, Situations, Information)". Kunsthalle Bern. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Smith, Roberta (25 February 2005). "Harald Szeemann, 71, Curator of Groundbreaking Shows, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Wolfe, Shira. "The Shows That Made Contemporary Art History: Live in Your Head. When Attitudes Become Form". ARTLAND Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Gary Kuehn: Practitioner's Delight. Mousse Publishing. 2019. ISBN 978-8867493494.
- ^ "The show that made Harald Szeemann a star". Phaidon. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Bad Attitudes: Harald Szeemann's Landmark Exhibition Was a Scandal in Its Day". Observer. 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2019-01-25.