Progenic Art: work No. 2 2015

This is Alfred Freddy Krupa’s "Progenic Art: work No. 2," on wood, the dimensions are 29 by 21 centimeters. What you're seeing is the unadorned grain of a wooden panel, with what seems to be a tooth stuck to it. Look closely: can you see the stamp with Krupa’s name at the bottom? What happens when the artist steps back and allows the material to ‘speak’ for itself? I can imagine the artist finding this piece of wood, seeing something in its natural state, and deciding it was already ‘art.’ It’s a bit like Duchamp’s readymades, but also completely different. What does it mean to create something from essentially nothing? Artists, we're always challenging each other, playing with ideas, and seeing what sticks. I love the apparent simplicity of this piece, how it provokes and asks questions.