Stefan Brüggemann is a Mexican artist born 1975. His most famous work is that of his conceptual text installations – which I will be looking into as this has hugely inspired my current work. Although this is his most known work, Brüggemann also works with sculpture, video, painting and drawing. Brüggemann  works in a non-apologetic and bold way through his minimalist text pieces, accredited to the conceptual artists of the 60s/70s who are remembered for questioning commercialised and traditional art. 

I was instantly drawn towards Brüggemann’s text installations. These works consist of lone words which refer to the creation and context behind artwork. These are often black upper-case letters which are placed on to the gallery wall which hold impact due to their size and how they stand out boldly against the plain background. The somewhat confessional writings link to my work in this project as they relate to the conceptual movement and how art is perceived. The pieces are very minimalist and straight to the point, while still having the ability to be perceived in a myriad of different ways by the viewer. 

The first two pieces disguise what it really says by overlapping the lettering or covering it. This could represent a conversation or a person’s thinking pattern. I also think it could signify the importance or lack thereof of what it really reads.

The following two pieces relate to conceptual art and people‘s opinions surrounding the movement. It refers to the appearance of conceptual art, and how its meaning is linked to this – suggested by writing ’I can’t explain and I won’t even try’.