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20 January 2011
YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET
“Cat Not Here” is a conceptual work that was created by Brian Luff and Georgina Sowerby in January 2011. The work was destroyed by the artists immediately after being made, and they now insist that it is the very absence of the piece that is the art.
That means that “Cat Not Here” can be exhibited in art galleries or public spaces, merely by not being there. But there’s a catch - it can only be absent from one place at a time.
Georgina Sowerby, who once worked for Saatchi & Saatchi, says: “It’s not just about the work not being there. It’s about all the other stuff that isn’t there either. The most exciting thing about this piece is that people don’t know when they haven’t seen it.”
This is not the first conceptual piece from Sowerby and Luff. In 2009 the artists created “Fish Not Here”, which they claim was widely exhibited by being absent from a number of galleries in London.
If you would like to learn more about “Cat Not Here”, or any other conceptual work by Sowerby and Luff please email studio@sowerbyandluff.com
