Author

Publication

2010 - MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

100,000 words, Guess

Page Count

400 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780262014502
  • ISBN-100262014505
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009054142
  • OCLC Control Number496160423
  • Better World Books9780262014502
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC709.2
  • LCCN6973.B66 H35 2010
  • LCCN6973.B66H35 2010

Alternate Titles

  • Marcel Broodthaers, 1964-1976

Description

"Considered to be a founding father of institutional critique, Broodthaers created hundreds of objects, books, films, photographs, and exhibitions ... In [book title], [author] argues that all of Broodthaers's art is defined by its relationship to language. His perception of his poetry's "failure to communicate" led him to explore in his art the noncommunicative, nontransparent uses of words. By showing us the ways in which it is instrumentalized across society--used for its efficiency despite the complexities it introduces into communication--Broodthaers shows us how we imagine language to work and points us to its hidden operations."--Book jacket.

Subjects

Topics

709.2Art, belgianArt criticismArtists, belgiumN6973.b66 h35 2010Criticism and interpretationCriticism and interpretationbroodthaers, marcel

Series Statement

  • October books

Other Editions

  • The absence of work: Marcel Broodthaers, 1964-1976MIT Press2010-01-01

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