“Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification. The power of a word lies in the very inadequacy of the context it is placed, in the unresolved or partially resolved tension of disparates. A word fixed or a statement isolated without any decorative or ‘cubist’ visual format, becomes a perception of similarity in dissimilars – in short a paradox.” — Robert Smithson, 1967
I will not make any more boring Art (1971), by John Baldessari
The Pencil Story 1972 – 1973
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Goya Series: ONE MUST
i think the best hook was, “irrational thoughts should be followed absolutely illogically.” i also support his slower cadence of speech, but then again i’m southern.