Publication

1986 - Lapis Press, Santa Monica, California

Language

English

Word Count

22,750 words, Guess

Page Count

91 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC701/.8
  • LCCN7430.7 .O36 1986

Description

"When these essays first appeared in Artforum in 1976, their impact was immediate. They were discussed, annotated, cited, collected, and translated - the three issues of Artforum in which they appeared have become nearly impossible to obtain. This edition also includes "The Gallery as a Gesture," a critically important piece published ten years after the others." "O'Doherty was the first to explicitly confront a particular crisis in postwar art as he sought to examine the assumptions on which the modern commercial and museum gallery were based. Concerned with the complex and sophisticated relationship between economics, social context, and aesthetics as represented in the contested space of the art gallery, he raises the question of how artists must construe their work in relation to the gallery space and system." "These essays are essential reading for anyone interested in the history and issues of postwar art in Europe and the United States."--Jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Inside the white cube: the ideology of the gallery spaceLapis Press1986-01-01

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