13 Ways of Looking
Nothing There
Nothing There
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In museums there are rooms devoted to the art of Ellsworth Kelly,
including, in some cases, heartfelt accounts of the fastidious care with which he produced
his art. John Heartfield, 1920: “Dadaists say: while in the past vast quantities of love, time,
and effort were put into a painting, a person, a flower, a hat, a poem, etc., we just take a
pair of scissors and cut out all the things we need from paintings or photographs.” My
scissors consist in an electronic device called a computer, which I use to “cut out the
things I need.” And to create the things I need. I paraphrase Ernest Hemingway: How
easy the making of art would be if all an artist had to do was make in a new way what has
already been well-made. He was talking about writing. Maybe Hemingway was right in
1960, but in 2011, maybe not. There is a large mirror in my studio, hanging above my
computer.
including, in some cases, heartfelt accounts of the fastidious care with which he produced
his art. John Heartfield, 1920: “Dadaists say: while in the past vast quantities of love, time,
and effort were put into a painting, a person, a flower, a hat, a poem, etc., we just take a
pair of scissors and cut out all the things we need from paintings or photographs.” My
scissors consist in an electronic device called a computer, which I use to “cut out the
things I need.” And to create the things I need. I paraphrase Ernest Hemingway: How
easy the making of art would be if all an artist had to do was make in a new way what has
already been well-made. He was talking about writing. Maybe Hemingway was right in
1960, but in 2011, maybe not. There is a large mirror in my studio, hanging above my
computer.
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