EXPLORING ART

Episode 1005 | When the Artist Becomes the Artwork


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In this episode of Exploring Art Podcast we talk about a weird performance by artist Ben Vautier. We consider his street performance from 1964 where he sat in the middle of a street with a sign that said, “Look at me. That’s all it takes. I’m art.” We talk about what he meant by that and whether a person can really be considered “art”.We explore the meaning of performance art, how the art world reacted to Vautier’s actions, and whether the attention of an audience is all it takes to turn someone into art. We also compare his work to other famous performance artists like Marina Abramović and Yoko Ono.

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