books.google.com - In this book, Martha Buskirk addresses the interesting fact that since the early 1960s, almost anything can and has been called art. Among other practices, contemporary artists have employed mass-produced elements, impermanent materials, and appropriated imagery, have incorporated performance and video,...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Contingent_Object_Of_Contemporary_Ar.html?id=2x8evmFgnJkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Contingent Object Of Contemporary Art