People talk about this often in the art world. The press releases have reached a level of absurdity … - David Salle

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I don't know what you mean when you say 'the whole world' or 'generations before him. 'I thought there was only us. I thought there was only now.

David Salle

People talk about this often in the art world. The press releases have reached a level of absurdity and creativity - creative absurdity - that has completely detached from its intended object. It's left reality behind long ago. It's like something out of William Burroughs.

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