One of the most famous examples of artistic Praecisio was the Art Strike (1990–1993), when on at least three continents artists agreed to stop making, distributing, selling, exhibiting or discussing their work.
Stewart Home (1962), the major architect and proponent of the strike, saw art as a symptom of the disease capitalism
and the strike as a means of undermining capitalism by intensifying the class war.
The strikers, however, were always quick to point out that the Art Strike was...
