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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)
     

 

 

 






Roy Lichtenstein:
"I CAN SEE THE WHOLE ROOM!
... AND THERE'S NOBODY IN IT!"
1961




John Baldessari: "EVERYTHING IS PURGED
FROM THIS PAINTING BUT ART,
NO IDEAS HAVE ENTERED THIS WORK."
1966-1968
 





Joseph Kosuth: Art as Idea: Nothing, 1968



Mark Caywood, 2002



Neil Robert Wenman: Nothing, 2003



Stefan Bruegemann, 2003



Neil Robert Wenman: Nothing, 2004



Mel Bochner, 2004

 



Stefan Bruegemann, 2004

 



Compiled by Remko Scha, 2004