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Art and Artifact
James Putnam
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Description for Art and Artifact
Paperback. Citing a range of examples, this title shows the ways in which artists have been influenced by museum systems and made their works into simulations of the museum. It also shows how artists have questioned the role of museums, observed their practices, intervened in them and helped to redefine them. Num Pages: 216 pages, 290 illustrations, 239 in colour. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1052.
From ‘cabinets of curiosities’ to assemblages of found objects and imitations of museum displays, artists have often turned their attention to the ideas and systems traditionally embodied in the museum – display, archiving, classification, storage, curatorship – which they have then appropriated, mimicked and reinterpreted in their own work. Citing a huge 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 ... Read more
From ‘cabinets of curiosities’ to assemblages of found objects and imitations of museum displays, artists have often turned their attention to the ideas and systems traditionally embodied in the museum – display, archiving, classification, storage, curatorship – which they have then appropriated, mimicked and reinterpreted in their own work. Citing a huge 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500288351
SKU
V9780500288351
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About James Putnam
James Putnam is an independent curator and writer. He is currently Senior Research Fellow, Exhibitions at the London College of Fashion in London.
Reviews for Art and Artifact
'A rare experience. It is a book concerned with complex issues that expresses them in a simple, engaging way and refrains from retreating into jargon … a rewarding exercise in the visual.' - The Art Book 'A significant addition to the existing scholarship' - Tate Magazine