2024-12-23T21:57:22-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150391529/groundbreaking-conceptual-artist-robert-irwin-dies-at-95 Josh Niland 2023-10-26T15:35:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a7/a7dac88d67d7de63752702bd87a7c2a2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1187018/robert-irwin" target="_blank">Robert Irwin</a>, a pioneering conceptual artist and leading figure of the Light and Space movement whose work had significant influences in architecture, passed away last night in San Diego. He was 95.</p> <p>Irwin helped push the boundaries of American post-war art with his understanding of the principles of design. Along with a cohort of artists like James Turrell, Richard Serra, Larry Bell, and Donald Judd, Irwin worked to constantly challenge the perception of his viewers. He left behind painting to pursue a &ldquo;conditional art&rdquo; that espoused a further shift away from pictorial composition and towards the responsiveness of art objects to the context of a site.</p> <p>Irwin&rsquo;s collaborative site-conditioned work with institutions such as the <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/28178941/whitney-museum-of-american-art" target="_blank">Whitney Museum of American Art</a>, Dia Art Foundation, and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/96280247/los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-lacma" target="_blank">LACMA</a> set new precedents for the inclusion of living artists in a museum&rsquo;s program, the influence of which today can be seen in the careers of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/318778/marina-abramovic" target="_blank">Marina Abramovi&#263;</a> and Isaac Julien, among others. Irwin was also ...</p>