Contemporary artists shut up in their concepts

The culture critic Luc Caregari is not impressed by Austrian contemporary artist Hermann Nitsch's exhibition which opened on September 22nd, at the Galerie Beaumont, in Luxembourg. He highlights one of the artist's weaknesses: "to never have changed. ... Nitsch has given himself an identifiable and established trademark. Every follower of contemporary art recognises the photos of his actions and inevitably strikes a position for or against. The advantage of such an approach is that nobody can copy you, the disadvantage is being shut up in your own concept. Not that Nitsch is the only artist to proceed this way - one need only look to Sophie Calle, Christo, Jeanne-Claude or Daniel Buren. They all have in common a specific trademark that they shamelessly exploit and in each repetition of their creative gesture they even appear to gain a little more satisfaction and recognition."

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