Nothing as a concept

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"Nothing" as a concept: explicit statements

Ben Vautier
"Défense d'Afficher", 1958	"JE SIGNE RIEN FAIRE", 1961 "Rien", 1964	"No photo here"
J'ai rien à vous montrer. Il y a tout à voir. (1979)	Rien n'existe pas (1991)	Nichts! (2002)

Robert Filliou  LE FILLIOU IDÉAL not deciding not choosing not wanting not owning aware of self wide awake SITTING QUIETLY, DOING NOTHING "Action poem", Paris, 1964. Performed in 1965 at the Café au Go-Go in New York as Part Two of the action poem Yes.

John Baldessari, 1966-1968

Joseph Kosuth: Blank, 1967

Joseph Kosuth: Nothing, 1968

Stefan Brueggemann, 2003	Stefan Brueggemann, 2004
Mel Bochner, 2004	Neil Robert Wenman: Nothing, 2004

Reference Robert Filliou: "Yes. An action poem." In: A Filliou Sampler. New York: Something Else Press, 1967, pp. 5-10.