Editing Michael Asher (artist) (section)

==Exhibitions and awards==
Asher exhibited at [[documenta]] (1972, 1982), the [[MoMA]] (1979), and the [[Venice Biennale]] (1976), and his solo museum shows include the [[Centre Pompidou]] (1991), [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] (2003), [[Art Institute of Chicago]] (2005) and [[Santa Monica Museum of Art]] (2008).

Asher won the [[Bucksbaum Award]] 2010. The jury consisted of: [[Adam D. Weinberg]], the Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director; Donna De Salvo, Whitney Associate Director of Programs and Chief Curator; the 2010 curators [[Francesco Bonami]] and Gary Carrion-Murayari; and three guest panelists, [[Hou Hanru]] ([[San Francisco Art Institute]]), Yasmil Raymond ([[Dia Art Foundation]]), and James Rondeau ([[Art Institute of Chicago]]). The winner received $100,000 and a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.<ref name="flashart">{{cite web|url=http://www.flashartonline.com/interno.php?pagina=news_det&id=742&det=ok&title=Michael-Asher-wins-Bucksbaum-Award |title=New York Michael Asher wins Bucksbaum Award |publisher=Flash Art |access-date=March 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229142006/http://www.flashartonline.com/interno.php?pagina=news_det&id=742&det=ok&title=Michael-Asher-wins-Bucksbaum-Award |archive-date=February 29, 2012 }}</ref> His project for the 2010 [[Whitney Biennial]] involved having the museum remain open 24 hours a day for one week (although this was shortened to three days by the museum due to “budgetary and human resources limitations”).<ref>[http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Michael+Asher%2c+the+artist+who+kept+the+Whitney+open%2c+has+died/27405  Michael Asher, the artist who kept the Whitney open, has died] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019013514/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Michael+Asher,+the+artist+who+kept+the+Whitney+open,+has+died/27405 |date=2012-10-19 }} ''[[The Art Newspaper]]'', 16 October 2012.</ref>

In the mid-1970s, after a dispute with gallery dealer, [[Heiner Friedrich]], Asher decided to use contractual agreements in order to control the production, dissemination and ownership of his art projects.<ref>{{Cite web|title = A Document of Regulation and Reflexive Process:  Michael Asher’s Contractual Agreement Commissioning Works of Art (1975)  {{!}} Art & Education|url = http://www.artandeducation.net/paper/a-document-of-regulation-and-reflexive-process-michael-ashers-contractual-agreement-commissioning-works-of-art-1975/|website = Art & Education|access-date = 2015-12-12|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222094318/http://www.artandeducation.net/paper/a-document-of-regulation-and-reflexive-process-michael-ashers-contractual-agreement-commissioning-works-of-art-1975/|archive-date = 2015-12-22}}</ref> Using [[Seth Siegelaub]] and Robert Projanksy's contract, [[:File:The_Artists_Reserved_Rights_Transfer_and_Sale_Agreement.pdf|The Artists Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement]], as a model, Asher crafted his own contract with the help of Los Angeles attorney, Arthur Alef.<ref>{{Cite web|title = A Document of Regulation and Reflexive Process:  Michael Asher’s Contractual Agreement Commissioning Works of Art (1975)  {{!}} Art & Education|url = http://www.artandeducation.net/paper/a-document-of-regulation-and-reflexive-process-michael-ashers-contractual-agreement-commissioning-works-of-art-1975/|website = Art & Education|access-date = 2015-12-12|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222094318/http://www.artandeducation.net/paper/a-document-of-regulation-and-reflexive-process-michael-ashers-contractual-agreement-commissioning-works-of-art-1975/|archive-date = 2015-12-22}}</ref>