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Author Putnam, James.

Title Art and artifact : the museum as medium / James Putnam
Published New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2001

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 MELB  709.04 Put/Aaa  AVAILABLE
Description 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Contents Open the box -- The museum effect -- Art or artifact -- Public inquiry -- Framing the frame -- Curator/creator -- On the inside -- Without walls
Summary 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."--BOOK JACKET
Notes with 280 illustrations, 229 in colour
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-201) and index
Subject Museum exhibits.
Installations (Art)
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Themes, motives.
Museum techniques -- Philosophy.
Art, Modern -- 20th century.
Museums in art.
Installations (Art) -- Catalogs.
Museums -- Philosophy.
Art -- Exhibition techniques.
Artists and museums.
Genre/Form Catalogs.
Catalogs.
LC no. 2001088626
ISBN 0500237905
Other Titles Museum as medium