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# Luis Camnitzer

(1937)   Painter

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Luis Camnitzer is a painter.

## Quick Facts About Luis Camnitzer

Born November 6, 1937

Profession Painter

## About Luis Camnitzer

German-born, Uruguayan conceptual artist, teacher (born 1937)... \| Luis Camnitzer is a German-born Uruguayan artist, curator, art critic, and academic who was at the forefront of 1960s Conceptual Art. Camnitzer works primarily in sculpture, printmaking, and installation, exploring topics such as repression, institutional critique, and social justice.

##  Quotes by Luis Camnitzer

> [“Passing from legality to subversion, the need of finding a minimum stimulus with a maximum effect appears—an effect that through its impact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-camnitzer/passing-from-legality-to-subversion-the-need-of-finding-a-minimum/)

[Luis Camnitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-camnitzer/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/luis-camnitzer-98412_art_passing-from-legality-to-subversion-the_1943355.jpg)

> [“Art then becomes a safety valve for the expression of individual and collective neuroses originating in the inability of coping with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-camnitzer/art-then-becomes-a-safety-valve-for-the-expression-of-individual-and/)

[Luis Camnitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-camnitzer/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/luis-camnitzer-98412_art_art-then-becomes-a-safety-valve-for-the_3095782.jpg)

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