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My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.

Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for ...

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I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

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Carl Andre

Artist

Born: 1935-09-16

Died: N/A

Carl Andre (September 16, 1935 – January 24, 2024) was an artist of American Minimalism in art, recognized as sculptor for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. His art-works involve the positioning of raw materials – such as bricks, blocks, ingots, or plates - Physical art, as he called it himself already in 1969.More