{"product_id":"object-lessons-9780892075560","title":"Object Lessons","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA deep dive into the Guggenheim Museum's vast collection of Minimal art from the visionary Italian collectors Giovanna and Giuseppe Panza di Biumo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 Robert Motherwell Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased upon the research of the Panza Collection Initiative, an ambitious, 10-year study project, \u003ci\u003eObject Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on four works by key figures of 1960s Minimalism and Conceptual art: Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Robert Morris and Lawrence Weiner. Authors Francesca Esmay, Ted Mann and Jeffrey Weiss present each work from several vantages: an exhaustive chronological account conveys the surprisingly complicated history of the work's realization, acquisition, ownership and display. An overview addresses the broad practical and conceptual implications of this information for the historical identity of the work and its consequences for the work's future. A conservation narrative establishes the role of fabricators and the material and technical standa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe [Panza Collection Initiative's] colossal efforts...have resulted in a colossal accomplishment. -- Christine Mehring * Artforum *\u003cbr\u003eFor researchers of museum studies, the American minimalism movement, or the Panza collection this would be a significant resource. -- Megan Macken * ARLIS\/NA Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eThe [Panza Collection Initiative]’s colossal efforts—more than a decade of studies of dozens of artworks with contested or uncertain identities; archival work across two continents; interviews and correspondence with artists and their associates; five multiday meetings with a top-notch advisory committee—have resulted in a colossal accomplishment. -- Christine Mehring * Artforum *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884981825879,"sku":"9780892075560","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/object-lessons-9780892075560","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}