Vito Acconci
December 13, 2006 11:49 PM Subscribe
Shelley Jackson talks with Vito Acconci VA: "The way I thought of pieces like Following Piece was, there’s a city out there. I attend to this city. How do I key myself into this city. How do I tie myself into this city. I can pick out people in this city to follow."
Ahhh!
I saw a Vito Acconci show in the early 80's at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati.
I forget the what the pieces were (Vito hanging himself from a thousand tiny fish-hooks? Wait... was it the one where visitors crushed him beneath the floor as they entered the room?), but I remember it fueled my deep hatred of "conceptual art," and made me embrace more representation forms.
What a goof!
posted by jpburns at 4:44 AM on December 14, 2006
I saw a Vito Acconci show in the early 80's at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati.
I forget the what the pieces were (Vito hanging himself from a thousand tiny fish-hooks? Wait... was it the one where visitors crushed him beneath the floor as they entered the room?), but I remember it fueled my deep hatred of "conceptual art," and made me embrace more representation forms.
What a goof!
posted by jpburns at 4:44 AM on December 14, 2006
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Interesting post.
posted by squidfartz at 4:16 AM on December 14, 2006