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→Lewitt - Paragraphs on Conceptual Art
what a poor conception of mental interest: "It is the objective of the artist who is concerned with conceptual art to make his work mentally interesting to the spectator, and therefore usually he would want it to become emotionally dry.''
why do would we want "perfunctory execution", free of the artist's skill? also, I think Lewitt is being a bit disingenuous here: what about aesthetic appreciation of a skilled conceptualism, which I would say he is advocating for?
conception and perception as pre and post face. at odds with traditional ideas of artistic practice, where problems are worked out/ideas are formed through them.
