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ART IS EASY 1974 / 1990
20 copies, signed
Offset lithograph with stamp die »CHIARI 74«, framed. Paper: 12,5 x 34,5 cm; Frame: 29,5 x 51,3 cm

The poster »ART IS EASY«, embossed with the stamp »Chiari 74«, was created by Giuseppe Chiari in 1990 on the occasion of the 8th Sydney Biennale »The Readymade Boomerang - Certain Relations in 20th Century Art«. Since 1974, the artist, musician and composer, who works in the spirit of Fluxus, has varied this obviously ironic »motto« as lettering in different techniques and typographies in various media. »Chiari's contacts with artists from the Fluxus group encouraged him to leave the field of ›classical‹ music, ›Quit classical music‹, and to concentrate on the exploration of gestural and concrete music. At the same time, he works visually - creating his first collages and montages - as well as verbally and conceptually. His statements and manifestos are an essential contribution to European Fluxus culture.”« (René Block, 2001) The sentence, printed in bold capitals on a yellow background, also adorned the front cover of the catalog for the 8th Sydney Biennale, supplemented on the back by the no less ironic statement »& all music is the same«. The deliberately humorous and lapidary comments on art and music formed a bracket for the concept of the Biennale, in which the visual arts were accompanied by an extensive music program. Twenty copies of the flyers were signed by the artist and included in the program of the edition in framed form.