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My friend David made a series of certain words and phrases on canvas when he was in art school, but they were made specifically to fuck with people during the peer critiques, which were always filled with people saying "Yaknow" and "It's cool" and other such enlightening insights. He painted the word "Cool" (and a few others) on a canvas in the typeface that was used in the early part of the 20th century for newspapers just for these special ties in class. He'd say, "OK, it's cool all right! What else you got?"
I sort of like that.
He only did that for a few paintings that had a specific purpose in mind though; he didn't make a career out of it.
Oh, and Jenny Holzer sucks.
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