Reprise

Commentary

Reprise

The Dadaist attached much less importance to the sales value of their work than to its usefulness for contemplative immersion. The studied degradation of their material was not the least of their means to achieve this uselessness.

Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, XIV". 1935.

Each Generation of Reproduction
Yields Greater Image Degradation

Escher. M. C. Lithograph, Drawing Hands. 1948.
with Photograph of Hand-held mouse device. 2000.

              Jasper Johns, Lithograph, 0 through 9. 1960  -  Kerry John Andrews,  Red Earth to Jasper Johns. 2001.