p. 104
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All I'm doing is putting Brancusi's 'Endless Column' on the ground, instead of in the sky. Most sculpture is priapic with the male organ in the air. In my work, Priapus is down on the floor. The engaged position is to run along the earth.
— Carl Andre
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Source: Wikiquote: "Carl Andre" (Quotes of Carl Andre: chronologically arranged, after the date of Carl Andre's quotes, 'Minimal Art: A Critical Anthology', 1995: Quotes from: Minimal Art: A Critical Anthology, by Gregory Battcock, University of California Press, 1995)
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About Carl Andre
Carl Andre (September 16, 1935 – January 24, 2024) was an artist of American Minimalism in art, recognized as sculptor for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. His art-works involve the positioning of raw materials – such as bricks, blocks, ingots, or plates - Physical art, as he called it himself already in 1969.
About Carl Andre
Carl Andre (September 16, 1935 – January 24, 2024) was an artist of American Minimalism in art, recognized as sculptor for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. His art-works involve the positioning of raw materials – such as bricks, blocks, ingots, or plates - Physical art, as he called it himself already in 1969.
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