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The Discerning Eye of Absence: On the Collectors of Invisibilism

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By Martin Elswyth, Curator Emeritus at Berkeley Centre for the Arts, Ravenscroft In the long arc of art history, cutting-edge artists have needed collectors to join them in the avant-garde. The Medici did not simply acquire pigment and panel; they purchased the future. Peggy Guggenheim did not merely accumulate canvases; she staged modernism’s coming-out party. … Read more

Brief biographies of important Invisibilism artists

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PENRHYS, ALUN (b. 1931, Llanfrynach, Wales – d. presumed 1988, location unknown) British conceptual artist, widely regarded as the founder of Invisibilism. A former taxidermist turned avant-garde theorist, Penrhys proposed the radical dematerialisation of art in his 1972 “Abermyrddin Proclamations,” later privately circulated in a chapbook titled The Aesthetic of Absence. His early work, including … Read more

Interview: The Art You Can’t See — A Conversation with an Invisibilist

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By Cal Dereau In a studio somewhere in North London, the artist known only as V sits in front of a completely empty plinth. Or at least, it appears empty. According to her, it isn’t. The work is there. You’re simply not seeing it. V is one of the key figures in Invisibilism, the whispering-edge … Read more