Afterimage, May 1st, 2003
Conceptual Art and the Politics of Publicity
by Alexander Alberro
MIT Press, 2003/288 pp./$35.00 (hb).
Conceptual artist Mel Ramsden called conceptual art, "... modernism's nervous breakdown." After nearly forty years critics and artists are still defining conceptual art, even as it has since been assimilated by succeeding artists. Art historian Alexander Alberro provides the context, influences and legacy of conceptual art through the person of art dealer/curator/consultant Seth Siegelaub, whom he describes as a co-founder of the movement. Several shows Siegelaub arranged are illustrated...
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