Collection: David Lamelas

David Lamelas (born 1946) is an Argentine artist whose work from the late 1960s onwards investigated time, information, media and the conditions of representation. He came to international attention with his installation at the 1968 Venice Biennale, which used television monitors, lighting and architectural space to examine how information is transmitted and received. His subsequent work in London and Los Angeles extended into film, performance and photography, often using the formats of cinema and mass media as both subject and material. Works such as To Pour Milk Into A Glass (1972) reduced an action to its barest duration, testing the boundary between event, documentation and artwork. Lamelas occupies an important position within the international conceptual art network of the late 1960s and 1970s, connecting Latin American, European and North American strands of the movement.