Hermann J. Painitz: Self-evident

Can art be objective? This is the question that Viennese concept artist Hermann J. Painitz addresses. This monograph focuses particularly on the period between the 1960s and 1970s, providing a detailed picture of his extraordinary and highly topical work.This is characterised by his intention to create a type of art that is based on verifiable laws: art as language. Painitz deals with the philosophy of language and develops semiotic systems based on pictograms or objects.His work also includes several theoretical essays and poems.English and German text.