In this sense, the work as such is nonexistent except when it functions as a medium of change between the artist and viewer.
ADRIAN PIPERI am black. What are you going to do about it?
More Adrian Piper Quotes
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One reason for making and exhibiting a work is to induce a reaction or change in the viewer.
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On the other hand, I also recognize fully and live by the principle that once the work leaves my studio, I cannot control the effects it has.
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Racism is a visual pathology.
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I am black. What are you going to do about it?
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My work is an act of communication, and it’s important to me the way what I assert lands, and where it lands within someone who sees it.
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