What is problematic about today’s art is its inclination to communicate a preconceived opinion, a moral or political conviction: that is, its inclination to communicate information.53 Conception precedes execution. As a result, art degenerates into illustration. The expressive process is no longer determined by an indeterminate fever. Art is no longer handwork that forms matter, without intention, into a thing, but thought work that communicates a prefabricated idea. Art is seized by a forgetfulness of things. Art allows itself to be put in the service of communication. It becomes lopsided; it
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