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Yes I understand what you're saying. It is a sensible way to look at things. I can tell you that the artists I have known that have died, and myself, have strong oppositions to the way that meaning is ascribed to works of art, taken up by art historians, and offered to the public by museologists. That is the dilemma.
For me, the call for no more masterpieces is a way of calling attention to this serious dilemma. My methods of stating things has to do with making my points interesting and provocative. The idea is to have some unpopular and mostly unknown aesthetic issues be considered by those with an interest in the arts.
P.S. Much of my work is in private collections. I no longer "own" it. I do, however, regularly destroy much of my work from the past that I am still in possession of. It is the same sort of "right" as that of suicide, I think. Even though there is a loss to others, I affirm that humans have ultimate responsibility and control over their lives and the products of their lives.
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