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Doing Nothing – Jean-Yves Jouannais – Artists Without Works

Posted in Uncategorized by dilettanteventures on 05/09/2012

“Can artists create art by doing nothing?” – Andrew Gallix

The artists he brings together all reject the productivist approach to art, and do not feel compelled to churn out works simply to reaffirm their status as creators. They prefer life to the dead hand of museums and libraries, and are generally more concerned with being (or not being) than doing. Life is their art as much as art is their life – perhaps even more so.

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