"I am suspicious and disillusioned about the uses and misuses of photography in the art world, the press, and the world of entertainment. And to make things more complicated, I don't think that the general public is well educated regarding images. Generally we are taught how to read, but we are not taught how to look."

Source : "The Aesthetics of Witnessing: A Conversation with Alfredo Jaar". Art Journal Interview with Patricia C. Philips, www.publicart.ie. 2005.

Alfredo Jaar

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