The work of art is recognized by its own life. The work that has no life is not a work of art. Mathias Goeritz says that a true work of art has a vitality that distinguishes it, a spark that animates it that allows it to communicate in a unique and intimate way, that vitality cannot be measured or quantified but it is felt, it is the heartbeat that we perceive when A painting looks back at us, when a sculpture speaks to us through its form or when an installation envelops us in its atmosphere. The life in a work of art is what makes it eternal, what keeps it relevant across times and cultures. It is the trace of humanity, the echo of its deepest feelings that resonate in the work and spread and resonate with those who contemplate it.
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