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The Egyptian Philosophers have stated the hidden truth of their Theology;
they found that according to certain Egyptian writings there is One Principle
of all things, which is praised under the name of the Unknown Darkness,
thrice repeated.

Damascius: De Principiis, Early Sixth Century. [Vol. 3 (Paris, 1991), p. 167]

 

 


Robert Smithson:
Sketch for "Museum of the Void", 1969

 




Lucas Pietersz. Roodbaard:
Cave in Bos Ypeij, Tytsjerk, 1850
[entrance, inside, exit]


  



 



Lucio Fontana: Untitled, 1955



Lucio Fontana: Concetto Spatiale Natura,
1959/1960



Anish Kapoor: At the hub of things,
1987

 

  


 
 



Michael Heizer: North East South West, 1967



Anish Kapoor: Descent into limbo, 1992
     


 



Michelangelo Pistoletto:
Metro Cubo de Infinito, 1965/1966
[Inverted mirrors]

Thomas Rentmeister: Ohne Titel, 1989
[Black glass]


  



 


Timm Ulrichs:
"Ich kann keine Kunst mehr sehen!",
1975

Ben Vautier


Gabriele di Matteo:
The Blind Man, 1997

[Based on a photograph
of Jorge Luis Borges]

Ben Vautier, 1992


  



 

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