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Rachael Guynn Wilson's avatar

And I thought "Au bon quam" was in response to the other Walter de Maria piece—the Vertical Earth Kilometer (1977) in Kassel that we were looking at in the book! Like, "Au bon quam": who knows if it's really there or not? "Au bon quam": you just have to believe! Or, "au bon quam": that's bullshit, that's art!

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Lola Milholland's avatar

Oh man, that too! Does it really go down 1 kilometer into the earth? Are we supposed to have faith? Is faith in the honesty of the artist the artwork itself? AU BON QUAM!

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