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Author
Series
Electronic mediations volume 35
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
10) Re:Purposed
Author
Publisher
Scala
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What is 'garbage'? 'Trash'? 'Rubbish'? More than a hundred years after Marcel Duchamp changed the course of Western art by re-focusing our view of 'found objects', artists today continue to explore 'refuse' and its many uses and meanings in contemporary art. This fascinating, fully illustrated book explores several recognisable trends among artists who consistently 're-purpose' garbage or detritus to create works that examine identity, index and environment....