I CONCEDE THAT ART IS PALTRY, BUT I INSIST THAT IT IS HARD TO DO WELL. THIS IS ITS WONDERFUL PROBLEMATIC DEMOCRACY. I DO NOT ACCEPT THE LABEL 'ART'. I DO NOT CALL WHAT I DO AS 'ART'. I DO NOT USE THE TERM IN CREATION. NOR DO I INSIST THAT WHAT I DO OR AM IS 'ART'. WITH THESE THREE LETTERS COMES A VAST ARRAY OF ENDLESS CONNOTATIONS, FROM SIMULACRUMS TO APPROPRIATIONS TO NEOISM TO DADISM TO SIGNS AND SIGNIFIERS TO POP TO INSTITUTIONAL CRITIQUES TO THE HISTORY OF ALL PAINTING. THIS IS WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THOSE THREE SIMPLE LETTERS OF A-R-T. I BELIEVE IF ONE REMOVES THE TERM ART FROM WHAT ONE DOES (AND IS) THESE CONNOTATIONS ARE NO MORE. THEY ARE DESTROYED WITH ALL CULTURE. I ALSO CONCLUDE THAT ART CAN INDEED BE EVERYTHING BUT IF THIS IS SO THEN IN TURN ART CAN ALSO BE NOTHING. IF ONE DOES NOT CALL SOMETHING 'ART' THEN IT BECOMES ANYTHING. IT BECOMES THE 'OTHER'.
AND THIS IS MORE POWERFUL THAN ANY 'ART'.
EM 09
