Je Signe Tout, Hand This Card to Your Neighbour, Please Return to Sender, Statement on Cut Up Method, and La Strada from Fluxus 1

Ben Vautier was a French conceptual artist and founding member of the Fluxus movement whose practice centered on language, performative gesture, and the dematerialization of the art object. Working across text-based installations, mail art, and ephemeral events from the 1960s onward, he treated everyday utterances and mundane acts as art materials. His signature approach involved inscribing provocative phrases and observations directly onto walls, objects, and his own body, collapsing distinctions between artist, artwork, and audience. Vautier's work fundamentally rejected commodity status in favor of direct communication and conceptual provocation.

Naples, Italy