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CHAPTER 12 The Original

Please Touch the Art

Featuring work by Jackson Reeves-Henning

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FIGURE 12.1 Trashcan. © Jackson Reeves-Henning

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS we learn about art is that we are not to touch it; that to do so would damage the piece or might leave a fingerprint. Even though we are tactile as well as visual when exploring something, particularly as young children, the untouchability of art, as a rule, may well be the very first conscious association many people have with it.

The implications of this are potentially profound. ...

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