Art and artifact
Subtitle: the museum as medium
By: James Putnam.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780500237908
Subjects: Artists and museums; Museums -- Philosophy; Art -- Exhibition techniques; Installations (Art) -- Catalogs
Genres: Catalogs
Description: "Breaking new ground as the first ever extensive survey of one of the most important and intriguing themes in art today, this book examines the phenomenon of the ideological exchange and often obsessive relationship between artist and museum." "The works chosen for inclusion here, as well as direct quotations from the writings of individual artists, offer a wide-ranging coverage of projects by established and emerging figures alike. The artists featured include such names as Tracey Emin, Hans Haacke, Christian Boltanski, Fred Wilson and Ilya Kabakov. Art and Artifact will serve as an indispensable guide to the position and likely future role of the museum at the beginning of the 21st century, whether within the walls of an institutional building or in the broader context of the urban environment."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-201) and index.