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 More Quotes by Adrian Piper More Quotes From 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 Racism is a visual pathology. Adrian Piper visuals pathology racism I am black. What are you going to do about it? Adrian Piper black