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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Robert Filliou: Dear Skywatcher—An Exhibition of Editions and Multiples

Nov 16, 2019 – Feb 1, 2020
C/ Doctor Fourquet, 4, 28012 Madrid, Spain

“Art is what makes life more interesting than art”—this is the title the artist Robert Filliou gave to one of his “multiples,” a work consisting of many variations upon a theme. Filliou, who certainly pushed art beyond its formal limits, used plays, action poems, street performances, happenings, objects, and other mixed media to create undefinable pieces. Presenting a selection of his famous multiples, “Dear Skywalker” also includes Filliou’s collaborations with fellow nonconformists George Brecht, Emmett Williams, and Daniel Spoerri. —E.C.

Robert Filliou, “Hand Show,” 1967. Courtesy Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona/ Madrid. Photo: Roberto Ruiz.