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"Nothing" as a concept: explicit statements

Ben Vautier



"Défense d'Afficher", 1958



"JE SIGNE RIEN FAIRE", 1961



"Rien", 1964



"No photo here"



J'ai rien à vous montrer.
Il y a tout à voir. (1979)



Rien n'existe pas (1991)
    



Nichts! (2002)
     

 

 

 


Robert Filliou

LE FILLIOU IDÉAL

 

not deciding
not choosing
not wanting
not owning
aware of self
wide awake

SITTING QUIETLY,
DOING NOTHING

"Action poem", Paris, 1964. Performed in 1965
at the Café au Go-Go in New York as Part Two
of the action poem Yes.
     



John Baldessari, 1966-1968
      




Joseph Kosuth: Blank, 1967



Joseph Kosuth: Nothing, 1968





Stefan Brueggemann, 2003



Stefan Brueggemann, 2004



Mel Bochner, 2004



Neil Robert Wenman: Nothing, 2004

 


Reference


Robert Filliou: "Yes. An action poem." In: A Filliou Sampler. New York: Something Else Press, 1967, pp. 5-10.

 

 





Compiled by Remko Scha, 2004