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• What is art?
For Italian artist Salvatore Garau, it's ... nothing.
The 67-year-old sculptor recently sold his "immaterial" sculpture, "I am," for $18,300, Newsweek reported on June 1.
The buyer got a certificate of ownership. Garau says his work is a "vacuum."
"The vacuum is nothing more than a space full of energy, and even if we empty it and there is nothing left, according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, that 'nothing' has a weight," Garau explained.
The artist demands that the work be displayed in a private home free of any obstruction, in a 5-by-5-foot area, but he has no requirements for lighting or climate control. [Newsweek, 6/1/2021]