Pointing at things

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The story goes that the painter Al Held said, “Conceptual art is just pointing at things,” so John Baldessari decided to take him literally, and commissioned a bunch of amateur painters to paint realistic paintings of hands pointing at things.

As I wrote in Steal Like An Artist,

“Step 1: Wonder at something.
Step 2: Invite others to wonder with you.”

Point at things, say, “whoa,” and elaborate.

  1. ​Pointing​
  2. ​Re: Pointing at things​
  3. ​Looking Closely is Everything​