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Robert Barry: Meta-Concepts

Something that is taking shape in my mind and will sometimes come to consciousness.

Leverkusen Pieces, 1969

Something that is searching for me and needs me to reveal itself.

Leverkusen Pieces, 1969

Something I was once conscious of but have now forgotten.

Leverkusen Pieces, 1969

Something which is unknown to me but which works upon me.

Leverkusen Pieces, 1969

During the Exhibition I will try to communicate telepathically a work of art, the nature of which is a series of thoughts that are not applicable to language or image.

Telepathic Piece, 1969.

IT HAS ORDER

IT IS ALWAYS CHANGING

1969-1970

IT CAN BE PRESENT, BUT GO UNNOTICED

TO KNOW OF IT IS TO BE PART OF IT

1969-1970

IT IS AFFECTED BY OTHER THINGS

IT AFFECTS OTHER THINGS

1969-1970

IT IS NOT CONFINED

IT IS NOT IN ANY SPECIFIC PLACE

1969-1970

Art Work

It is always changing.
It has order.
It doesn't have a specific place.
Its boundaries are not fixed.
It affects other things.
It may be accessible but go unnoticed.
Part of it may also be part of something else.
Some of it is familiar.
Some of it is strange.
Knowing of it changes it.

1970

This work has been and continues to be refined since 1969: It is whole, determined, sufficient, individual, known, complete, revealed, accessible, manifest, effected, effectual, directed, dependent, distinct, planned, controlled, unified, delineated, isolated, confined, confirmed, systematic, established, predictable, explainable, apprehendable, noticeable, evident, understandable, allowable, natural, harmonious, particular, varied, interpretable, discovered, persistent, diverse, composed, orderly, flexible, divisible, extendible, influential, public, reasoned, repeatable, comprehendable, impractical, findable, actual, interrelated, active, describable, situated, recogizable, analysable, limited, avoidable, sustained, changeable, defined, provable, consistent, durable, realized, organized, unique, complex, specific, established, rational, regulated, revealed, conditioned, uniform, solitary, given, improvable, involved, maintained, particular, coherent, arranged, restricted, and presented.

1971