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Assertions

Ben Vautier

"La seul gauche va dans le
sens de l'histoire ..." – 1959

"C'est du gaspillage" – 1960

"L'arte è la cosa più importante"
1993

"Au commencement était le verbe" – 1992

"We are pigs" – 1995



Jenny Holzer: Truisms

"Money creates taste" – 1977

"Private property created crime" – 1979/1981

"Finding extreme pleasure will make you a better person if you're careful about what thrills you" – 1983

"If you had behaved nicely the communist wouldn't exist" – 1983

"You are a victim of the rules you live by" – 1990

"Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison" – 1993/1994

"Murder has its sexual side" – 1993/1994

"Action causes more trouble than thought.
Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries." – 2000

"You live the surprise results of old plans"
2004

"Whatever you are be a good one"
2004

"Action cause more trouble than thought"
2004

"Abuse of power comes as no surprise"
2004

"The future is stupid"

"The future is stupid. Humor is a release."
2004

"Hidiing your motives is despicable"
2006

"The unattainable is invariably attractive"

2006

"Stupid people shouldn't breed" – 2006

"Private property created crime" – 2006

"True freedom is frightful" – 2006


Link: Holzer's Truisms

     

 

Sigmar Polke

"Ein Bild sollte nicht größer sein als ein Bett"

1985

   



Barbara Kruger



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("In space no one can hear you scream")
1987

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("Your body is a battleground")
1989