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Concise Manet
Manet: “Concision in art is a necessity as well as an elegance; a man who is concise makes you think, a verbose man bores you.” This is why I am bored by global conceptualism, not to be verbose about it.
The Unknown Audience
Some of the things that Scott Lyall brought up two posts back are aspects of the current dialectic of theatricality, which Smithson knew a lot about (in fact more than Michael Fried, who has come to own the concept). This … Continue reading
Bureaucracy and Organic Art
Perhaps at this late date I can say something about the name of this blog. Global conceptualism can hardly be considered apart from the spread of bureaucratic forms in the world today. There are so many details to life—most of … Continue reading