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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.

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'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

Table of Contents
I. The Museum Effect: The Artist as Archivist • II. Art or Artifact?: The Artist as Collector • III. Public Enquiry: The Artist as Investigator IV. Framing the Frame: The Artist as Observer • V. Curator/Creator: The Artist as Visiting Curator • VI. On the Inside: The Artist as Interventionist • VII. Without Walls: The Artist as Reinventor

Art and Artifact

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      Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Published 7 September 2009
      ISBN-13 9780500288351
      978-0500288351
      ISBN-10 0500288356
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      Travel & Transport Travel guides: museums, historic sites

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      '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

      Table of Contents
      I. The Museum Effect: The Artist as Archivist • II. Art or Artifact?: The Artist as Collector • III. Public Enquiry: The Artist as Investigator IV. Framing the Frame: The Artist as Observer • V. Curator/Creator: The Artist as Visiting Curator • VI. On the Inside: The Artist as Interventionist • VII. Without Walls: The Artist as Reinventor

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