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Absence of Work Marcel Broodthaers, 1964--1976

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ISBN-10: 0262525097

ISBN-13: 9780262525091

Edition: 2010

Authors: Rachel Haidu, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin Buchloh, Leah Dickerman

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In 1964, at age forty, Marcel Broodthaers (1924--1976) proclaimed that his years ofwriting poetry -- of being "good for nothing," in his words -- were over, and a brief butdazzling artistic career began. Considered a founding father of institutional critique, Broodthaerscreated hundreds of objects, books, films, photographs and exhibitions, including a"fictive" museum of modern art that evolved from an installation in his own home to amassive exhibition of over three hundred works representing eagles. In The Absence of Work, RachelHaidu argues that all of Broodthaers's art is defined by its relationship to language. Hisperception of his poetry's "failure to communicate" led him to explore…    
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Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/20/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 7.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Rachel Haidu is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History and the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester.

George Baker is Professor of Art History at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an editor at October magazine and October Books. He is the editor of James Coleman (MIT Press) and a frequent contributor to Artforum.

Yve-Alain Bois is professor of the history of art at Harvard University.