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. ADRIAN PIPER AssertCommunicationHandImportantLandSeeSomeoneWayWork
In this sense, the work as such is nonexistent except when it functions as a medium of change between the artist and viewer. ADRIAN PIPER ArtistChangeExceptFunctionNonexistentSenseSuchViewerWork
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. ADRIAN PIPER ControlEffectFullyHandLeaveLivePrincipleRecognizeWork
One reason for making and exhibiting a work is to induce a reaction or change in the viewer. ADRIAN PIPER ArtistChangeExhibitingInduceMakingReactionReasonViewer
