“One reason for making and exhibiting a work is to induce a reaction or change in the viewer.... In this sense, the work as such is nonexistent except when it functions as a medium of change between the artist and viewer.” ReasonArtistFunctionReactionsMediumsViewers Book:Talking to Myself: The Ongoing Autobiography of an Art Object Source: Talking to Myself: The Ongoing Autobiography of an Art Object
“My work is an act of communication, and it's important to me the way what I assert lands, and where it lands within someone who sees it. On the other hand, I also recognize fully and live by the principle that once the work leaves my studio, I cannot control the effects it has.” WayImportantHandsPrinciplesLandEffectsCommunicationStudiosLive By Author:Adrian Piper
“I am black. What are you going to do about it?” Black Book:Adrian Piper: a retrospective Source: Adrian Piper: a retrospective