The New York Times , wrote ( June 9 , 2016 ) that “ Mr . Creed has created a kind of anti-spectacle , a strange , discombobulated whole greater than the sum of its parts , in which the building is a co-star . " The show , she went on to say , is subversive and modest in contrast to current super-spectacles in ֳ ated by lights , noise , and technological surprises . Finally adding that Creed works along the fine lines between art and life , in order “ to disturb the assumptions of preciousness , skill , and aloofness basic to art . " The artist will probably agree with all these critics . His work displays humor and irony , and incorporates elements of Johan Huizinga’s Homo Ludens . Creed himself does not mind changing his explanations . For years he explained his work The Lights Going On and Off by saying that he could not find anything worthwhile to put inside the room , so he used whatever was already there : the light switch , but recently he said , “ I’ve been thinking that the rea...
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