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barathr
> 'Beware of first- hand ideas!' exclaimed one of the most advanced of them. 'First-hand ideas do not really exist. They are but the physical impressions produced by love and fear, and on this gross foundation who could erect a philosophy? Let your ideas be second-hand, and if possible tenth-hand, for then they will be far removed from that disturbing element – direct observation.

(The Machine Stops, 1909, E.M. Forster)

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops

anm89
Just reead through "The Machine Stops". That is unbelievably ahead of its time. Great read
throwamon
The only thing I "learned" from this Salvatore Garau in this text is that this sort of art is but one expensive form of institutionalization of commercial bullshit.
platz
Have you tried reading artist statements before.
harvey9
Sometimes interesting. But I recall an ugly mess on the wall of Tate Modern with a card below which included "...then we shot it with a real gun..." . Britain has very strict gun laws so most people have never used one. Use of the word 'real' left me with the impression the artist had gotten over excited at something which is commonplace in other countries, and confused that with creative endeavor.
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[dead] draw_down
This is such masturbatory silliness.
inetsee
Can I get an NFT of an invisible sculpture? Or, more importantly, can I sell one?
bellyfullofbac
Just like the emperor had no clothes, whoever bought this has no art.
tagami
Your post validates the artist’s intent.
beckingz
They purchased no art, and that in and of itself is art.
teekert
I hope they paid with a large bag of invisible money.
AlbertCory
Tom Wolfe (RIP) wrote "The Painted Word" in 2008 which pretty well summarized all this.

Those can make art, make art. Those who can't, write artist's statements. And those who can't do that, write impenetrable essays about it.

lisper
The line between art and trolling is becoming increasingly difficult for me to discern. If indeed there ever even was such a line.