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  1. Aug 2023
    1. Brillo Boxes, Arthur Danto pointed out, had noth-ing to do with its discernible aesthetic properties calling forth asubjective response. It was a matter, rather, of grasping Warhol'swork as a conceptual provocation to the prior history and under-standing ofart.

      Warhol used plywood to sculpt life-size replicas of real shipping cartons by Brillo.

    2. "the object we call a book isnot the real book, but its potential, like a musical score or seed. Itexists fully only in the act of being read; and its ... home is insidethe head of the reader, where the symphony resounds, the seed ger-minates."10 Artworks must be activated to exist

      The book or piece of art seems to be a lump of clay which can be sculpted by each individual to become a unique and holistic piece of art by adding one's own connections and vision to it.