Blank Canvas, #2

"Blank Canvas" in front of one of the oldest pianos in the world, a 1792 Broadwood "square"

To sell a blank canvas whose original context was a marketplace suggests that the exchange, itself, is the art.

The resulting object is a beautiful remnant, but not the art itself.

"Blank Canvas" at 7:52am, during the lead up to the Grand Finale!

In every context, the work remains a blank canvas. New stories enter in.

To add value to an object requires that the thing exists, but the value comes from outside of it.

Later, you can point to the instant that it began to be valuable, but until that exchange is made, there is only potential. Nevertheless, the thing itself doesn't change.

Consider the photographs. The artwork exists within contexts chosen by the artist. This context is not traditionally viewed as "the art." 

The context is the "painting."

This is how all language works. Each iterance of the word is new, "blank," but carries with it the set of experiences in the hearer.