Adrian Piper Professions : Visual Artist Born : September 20, 1948 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Adrian Piper My work is an act of communication, and it's important to me the way what I assert lands, and where it lands within someone who sees it. On the other hand, I also recognize fully and live by the principle that once the work leaves my studio, I cannot control the effects it has. Adrian Piper communication land hands One reason for making and exhibiting a work is to induce a reaction or change in the viewer.... In this sense, the work as such is nonexistent except when it functions as a medium of change between the artist and viewer. Adrian Piper reactions artist reason Racism is a visual pathology. Adrian Piper visuals pathology racism I am black. What are you going to do about it? Adrian Piper black Similar Authors Annette Messager visual-artist Andrew Wyeth visual-artist Alice Neel visual-artist Ilya Kabakov visual-artist David Kassan visual-artist Aaron Koblin visual-artist All Authors