Das Gleiche nochmal anders

Samuel Beckett's texts on visual art have remained relatively unknown, which is all the more surprising given the enormous influence the writer has had on modern art, spanning from minimalism to contemporary video art. Beckett, who felt more drawn to artists than to authors, primarily wrote these texts for friends, but he developed a genuine aesthetic that can only now be understood in its complexity, as the experience of failure has emerged as a fundamental question in the making of art today.