Just around a month after Italian artist Salvatore Garau sold his “immaterial” sculpture for $18,000, an American artist is now suing him for allegedly copying his work.
Performance artist Tom Miller of Gainsville in Florida, United States, has accused Garau of profiting off his idea, as per ABC.CW+ affiliate WCJB on June 29.
Back in 2016, around five years prior to Garau auctioning off the immaterial sculpture “Io Sono” (I Am), Miller had already unveiled his likewise invisible masterpiece called “Nothing.”
Miller’s “Nothing” was installed at the Bo Diddley Plaza and was recognized by Alachua County Commissioner Robert “Hutch” Hutchinson back then, according to the report.
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