"Museums tend to make increasing concessions to the idea of art and life as being related, What's wrong with their version of this is that they provide canned life, and aestheticized illustration of life. 'Life' in the museum is like making love in a cemetery. I am attracted to the idea of clearing out museums . . . Yet it would put so many artists out of business. I wonder if there isn't an alternative on the fringes of life and art. . ."
during an interview with Robert Smithson: "What is a Musuem" from "Robert Smithson: Selections" 1979
Posted by delpesco at February 24, 2004 05:30 PM