Say what

The following is a little thought experiment I’ve come up, just as a way of thinking about what exactly each artist does, to the end of articulating what I do. The source is probably the process of writing an artist statement, which is problematic, as many of you would agree. The statements here weren’t meant to be simply “I” plus a verb, the point isn’t brevity, it’s trying to determine if there is one action being performed by an artist that’s present in all her work. And, if so, what that action is. Please feel free to comment, if you have ideas about what these artists should be saying! And help me out with suggestions for these people, as I’m stuck: John Baldessari, Louise Nevelson, Olaf Breuning, Yves Klein.