From the early instances of the urge to collect objects, the "cabinet of curiosities", to assemblages of found objects and imitations of museum displays, artists have often turned their attention, both creatively and critically, to the ideas and systems traditionally embodied in the museum: display, archiving, classification, storage, curatorship. They have then appropriated, mimicked and reinterpreted these in their own work. Citing a range of examples, James Putnam shows not only the ways in which artists have been ...
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From the early instances of the urge to collect objects, the "cabinet of curiosities", to assemblages of found objects and imitations of museum displays, artists have often turned their attention, both creatively and critically, to the ideas and systems traditionally embodied in the museum: display, archiving, classification, storage, curatorship. They have then appropriated, mimicked and reinterpreted these in their own work. Citing a range of examples, James Putnam shows not only the ways in which artists have been influenced by museum systems and made their works into simulations of the museum, but also how they have questioned the role of museums, observed their practices, intervened in them and helped to redefine them.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1500grams, ISBN: 9780500237908.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 250grams, ISBN: 9780500237908.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Loose binding. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1450grams, ISBN: 9780500237908.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0500237905. Color photos and reproductions; 4to 11"-13" tall; 208 pages; 2001 Thames & Hudson. Oversize HC/DJ 1st edition. Soundly bound and clean in uniformly bright and neat pictorial dust jacket. Lavishly illustrated with color phots and reproductions. Trace dust spotting top edge; mild shelf evidence to jacket edges. VG+/VG+...Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.