stanley brouwn, Art History’s Most Elusive Artist, Is Coming Into Focus

Conceptual art was always a tricky business. During the ’60s, Robert Barry photographed gases you couldn’t actually see. Piero Mazoni produced a series of tins called Artist’s Shit that may or may not have contained his fecal matter; the only way to know was to open them, and they’ve always remained shut (per the artist’s instructions). Sol Lewitt once placed a cube in a hole, then left it buried forever, totally out of the view of others.But of all the tricky Conce