William Anastasi
Anastasi is one of the very first conceptual artists whose earliest works display solid connections to Minimalism. Anastasi’s practice is interdisciplinary, informed by physics, music and social philosophy. His sculptures, paintings, photographs and drawings have helped to define the mediums themselves, delicately dissecting the differences between seeing and perceiving. He confronts the issue of presentation and exhibition itself, exploring the question of the «self-sameness» of objects with tautological truths and perceptions. He embraces the practice of drawing as performance, with an obvious reference to the body in each of his various drawing strategies. Like his close friend John Cage, the artist is fascinated by the element of chance in the creative process.