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December 11, 2006

When does art stop being art?

Where do installations go when they are uninstalled?
Upstairs.
Posing the question is it still art when it’s stacked up in storage?

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Book of Common Prayer, wood, copper, plaster

The paintings are still paintings when they’re stored in the racks, that’s undeniable.

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But the chairs? Surely now they are just a pile of stacked chairs?

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Posted by john at December 11, 2006 10:53 PM

Comments

This made me smile.

Posted by: bt at December 13, 2006 05:49 PM