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BEN - ART BORES ME
Title: Art Bores Me
Artist: Ben Vautier (born 1935)
Date: 2008
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
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Signature: Signed and dated “Ben 2008” (lower right)
Description:
With his unmistakable handwriting and minimalist style, Ben Vautier delivers a paradoxical statement: “Art bores me.” Painted in white on a stark black background, this work exemplifies his conceptual approach to art, where language is both the subject and the medium.
Art Bores Me functions as both artwork and anti-artwork, in line with the Dadaist spirit Ben often channels. By using the written word as a visual object, he blurs the line between art and statement, and between artist and viewer. In this way, the work becomes a mirror — asking not whether art is boring, but why we look at it in the first place.
Title: Art Bores Me
Artist: Ben Vautier (born 1935)
Date: 2008
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:
Signature: Signed and dated “Ben 2008” (lower right)
Description:
With his unmistakable handwriting and minimalist style, Ben Vautier delivers a paradoxical statement: “Art bores me.” Painted in white on a stark black background, this work exemplifies his conceptual approach to art, where language is both the subject and the medium.
Art Bores Me functions as both artwork and anti-artwork, in line with the Dadaist spirit Ben often channels. By using the written word as a visual object, he blurs the line between art and statement, and between artist and viewer. In this way, the work becomes a mirror — asking not whether art is boring, but why we look at it in the first place.
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