Ben Vautier

French, 1935-2024

Art must shock and disturb. If it does not provoke, it is not art.
— Ben Vautier

Art must shock and disturb. If it does not provoke, it is not art.
— Ben Vautier

Biography

WHO IS BEN?
BEN’S ANSWER: I AM EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME
PAIN IN THE NECK 5/10, HANDSOME 5/10, WOMANIZER 8/10, SEX MANIAC 8/10, INTELLIGENT 9/10, ALIVE 3/10, MEMORY 1/10, RAP SINGER 3/10, DIRTY 6/10, PERFUMED ON SATURDAY 7/10, ANXIETY 8/10, BACKACHE 5/10, ACTOR 4/10, INTOLERANT 5/10, AMBITIOUS 3/10, BAD 7/10, SHARP-TONGUED 6/10, SAYS HE LOVES THE TRUTH 8/10, THIEF OF IDEAS 5/10, REPETITIVE 8/10, COWARD 7/10, PARANOID 5/10, SAD 6/10, SUICIDAL TENDENCY 7/10, FLIRTATIOUS 9/10, KISSER 3/10, LOVER OF WOMEN 6/10, SUMMONER OF GHOSTS 8/10, CREATIVE 5/10, VOYEUR 6/10, EXHIBITIONIST 4/10, LUCID 7/10, SEEKER OF THE NEW IN ART 6/10, DEFENDER OF MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS 8/10, SEARCHES 6/10, DOUBTS 8/10, LOVES MONEY 4/10, LOVES POWER 7/10, LIAR 6/10, CULTURED 8/10, COLLECTOR 6/10, PROVOCATEUR 5/10, PHILOSOPHER 4/10, DICTATOR 3/10, DEBATER 4/10, TELEPATHIC 6/10, LOVES PASTA 8/10, SELF-CRITICAL 7/10.

BEN 1970

Ben Vautier, 2013

Artworks
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