{"id":586,"date":"2021-11-19T09:31:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T09:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T10:41:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T10:41:33","slug":"charles-ray","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artist\/charles-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Ray"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-afm-block-artwork-hero alignfull alignfull wp-block-afm-block-artwork-hero has-background has-neutral-50-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"afm-block-artwork-hero__blocks\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Charles Ray<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group artwork-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-afm-post-meta\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-afm-label\">Date of birth<\/h3> 1953<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-afm-post-meta\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-afm-label\">Country<\/h3> USA<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Ray\u2019s art can neither be systematized into pre-existing historical categories nor framed in relation to specific artistic groups or movements. But he is no outsider. Over the last thirty years, he has emerged as one of the art world\u2019s most unique figures.\n\nIntrigued by the vocabulary and thematics of Anthony Caro\u2019s sculptural practice \u2013 including the joining of different elements within a work, and the work\u2019s relationship to the surrounding space \u2013 Ray has cleverly worked through the legacy of Minimalism in his pursuit of extra-formalistic potentialities. Introducing his body into the creative process, and into the art object itself, he creates performative sculptures that generate \u201cemanative\u201d relationships between spectators and artworks.  \n\nAlthough Ray doesn\u2019t exactly \u201ccreate\u201d forms, nor is he an appropriationist. He manipulates existing forms and figures like altered ready-mades or quotes. His practice is a cycle of reprises, and with these borrowed and renewed elements he creates spectacular surprises through an unexpected manipulation of weight, scale, and perception. Behind the first level of appearances and the obvious connotations of cultural and social symbols lies a reflection that is more abstract as well as more sensitive. The invisible forces that manipulate the perception and experience of the spectator form the basis of Ray\u2019s oeuvre. Most of his works are constructed around a duality: with the passing of time, they frequently reveal themselves to be something other than the way they appear at first glance. This explains why they are often conceived in layers, both conceptually (through a multitude of meanings) and materially (through what one might call the \u201cMatryoshka doll effect\u201d). In the process of revelation, an intriguing if not disturbing experience of strangeness occurs. Aiming to give sense and meaning to the initial form by rephrasing, transforming or subverting it, Ray charges his objects with emotional significance, whether through attraction or repulsion. This sublime moment of transformative experience is simultaneously cognitive and physical, creating a certain \u201ckinesthetic\u201d aspect that one perceives in the perpetual state  of \u201cbecoming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"afm_hide_title":false,"afm_artist_date_of_birth":"1953","afm_artist_date_of_death":"","afm_artist_birth_place":"USA","_afm_post_new_title":""},"class_list":["post-586","artist","type-artist","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Charles Ray - Astrup Fearnley Museet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charles Ray\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Charles Ray\u2019s art can neither be systematized into pre-existing historical categories nor framed in relation to specific artistic groups or movements. But he is no outsider. Over the last thirty years, he has emerged as one of the art world\u2019s most unique figures. Intrigued by the vocabulary and thematics of Anthony Caro\u2019s sculptural practice \u2013 [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Astrup Fearnley Museet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-19T10:41:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/\",\"name\":\"Charles Ray - Astrup Fearnley Museet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-19T09:31:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-19T10:41:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Artists\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Charles Ray\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Astrup Fearnley Museet\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Charles Ray - Astrup Fearnley Museet","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Charles Ray","og_description":"Charles Ray\u2019s art can neither be systematized into pre-existing historical categories nor framed in relation to specific artistic groups or movements. But he is no outsider. Over the last thirty years, he has emerged as one of the art world\u2019s most unique figures. Intrigued by the vocabulary and thematics of Anthony Caro\u2019s sculptural practice \u2013 [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/","og_site_name":"Astrup Fearnley Museet","article_modified_time":"2023-01-19T10:41:33+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/","url":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/","name":"Charles Ray - Astrup Fearnley Museet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-11-19T09:31:24+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-19T10:41:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/charles-ray\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Artists","item":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/artists\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Charles Ray"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/","name":"Astrup Fearnley Museet","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afmuseet.dev10.dekodes.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}