“I woke up thinking: ‘This is wrong. I must do something really radical, there is no time to lose.’ I had this vision of an empty gallery — nothing there.” But there has been much ado about the word “nothing.” The Guardian newspaper reported that a number of American art historians and curators had written to Mr. Obrist, accusing Ms. Abramovic and the gallery of failing to acknowledge the work of Mary Ellen Carroll, a New York-based conceptual artist. (...) Mr. Obrist, in a telephone interview, said that Ms. Carroll was one of numerous artists before Ms. Abramovic who had explored the relationship between art and nothingness. “There are many people — John Cage, Yves Klein, Gustav Metzger, Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys — who have worked with this idea, including Mary Ellen Carroll. Of course we take that seriously.” (Mr. Obrist did not mention Jerry Seinfeld.) “From my point of view, it’s difficult for anyone to claim nothing,” Ms. Abramovic said dryly. (...) It seems to have become something.” nytimes/2014/06/12/arts/international/marina-abramovic-making-art-in-an-empty-space.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
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