The central tenet of conceptual art is that the concept - the idea behind the art work - is more important than the work itself. If you have the idea that gave rise to the work, you don't need to see or read the result to "get" it.
Ergo, now that I know the concept behind conceptual art and writing pet se, it means that I don't have to read or see any conceptual art, or think about any conceptual writers or artists, or their critics, ever.
QED. . . . And what a relief!
My Comet
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Can’t remember what the child wasn’t namedby the people she hadn’t known—it
began with Q. Jazz followed everywhere she draggedher blanket, the way
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