Re: artist's materials: OT

[Bob Tyson <bobicho@earthlink.net>]

<x-flowed>>Let's not forget that although
>
><< As an artist comes to love the
>>physical manifestations of his concepts he tends to concern himself more
>>with the richness and feel of the materials themselves - he not only loves
>>his concepts and visualizations, he loves his materials. . . .   >>
>
>We might remember the full-page ads in ArtForum magazine in the
>1970s for sealed, cans of "Artist's Shit. "  (No kidding!)
>
>Often wonder how those sold, and if they were age-dated. Might
>be worth a MA research thesis somewhere. . . .
>
>A.


Sealed, huh? Remember various works by Robert Irwin, "sealed" boxes, 
finished in automotive lacquers or similar, hand-rubbed to a high 
gloss. Inside, too.

Quein sabe?

B.
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