"The idea of an 'image' or 'icon' as a loaded cultural entity was almost never considered in the (fabulous) heyday of conceptual art."
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'Art & Language 9 fragments, 1997', in L'Officiel Art, éditions Jalou, Double Language, 2015-2016, p.132.
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