Five pages of writing about artists' writings

Artist's writings are often encountered and considered in the same way as their art; as an extension of the work, or as a source of insight. The written word of the artist has, however, been crucial to the trajectories of art history and theory. When artists write, their writing informs both the practice of art and its theorisation, in ways that threaten but also transform the foundations of the art world. Artists writings antagonise art writing and ask art writers to be adventurous and self-critical