“Art for the most part, is about concentration, solitude and determination. It’s really not about other people’s needs and assumptions. I’m not interested in the notion that art serves something. Art is useless, not useful.”
“Art for the most part, is about concentration, solitude and determination. It’s really not about other people’s needs and assumptions. I’m not interested in the notion that art serves something. Art is useless, not useful.”
Richard Serra (b. 1938, San Francisco) Strike: To Roberta and Rudy 1969–71 Hot-rolled steel 8 ft 1 in x 24 ft x 1 ½ in Guggenheim Museum, New York
“People, buying my stuff, can take it wherever they go and can rebuild it if they choose. If they keep it in their heads, that’s fine too. They don’t have to buy it to have it – they can just have it by knowing it.”
Lawrence Weiner PUSH AS IF & LEFT AS IS 2012 language and the materials referred to. Dimensions variable.