The glasses in the gallery aren’t just art – they’re a work of genius | Jonathan Jones

In an age when the difference between art and not-art is slight and subtle, Kevin Nguyen and TJ Khayatan have created a transformative masterpiece

It is a strangely touching image of vulnerability. Nothing speaks more of the weakness of the human body than the aids with which we try to remedy its failings. This is why in placing a pair of spectacles on an art gallery floor – just centimetres from the blankness of a white wall and facing outward as if looking at the feet of gallery-goers, beckoning them to kneel, crouch, and interact, or at least take a photo - the artistic duo Kevin Nguyen and TJ Khayatan have created a modern masterpiece.

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