The Lexicon · Genealogy · Modern
BEAUVOIR, SIMONE DE
1908–1986
One Is Not Born (The Becoming of the Artist)
Beauvoir: one is not born a woman, one becomes one. CoCA: one is not born an artist; one is processed as one — by Limbo, the GAI, the residency, the gallery, the wall text, the catalogue raisonné. Becoming is the operation of the institution upon the body. We do not flatter the artist by claiming inborn vocation. We document the becoming honestly, in 600 characters or fewer.