Artist field note

Adrian Piper

Conceptual art becomes an encounter with the social self.

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What It's Like, What It Is #3 by Adrian Piper
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What It's Like, What It Is #3

1991

A repeated refusal of racist stereotypes confronts spectators from within an arena-like structure.

The five in one idea

Piper forces abstract philosophical questions to become lived tests of responsibility and perception.