Artists' Multiples, 1935-2000The artist's multiple is perhaps the art of the twentieth century. If in the nineteenth century art could be seen as distinct from products of industry, in the early twentieth century industry could confidently project itself as art. The artist's multiple, in its delight in reproducibility, industrial fabrication, and new processes and materials, exemplifies this trend. Stephen Bury explores the historical background of the multiple, examining its relationship to the jeu d' esprit of the artist's studio, the readymade, constructivism, the store and the everyday. It looks at the work of Marcel Duchamp, George Maciunas, Joseph Beuys and Felix Gonzalez-Torres as well as contemporary practice, such as 'The Multiple Store'.An illustrated and chronologically arranged catalogue of over 800 multiples produced between 1935 and 2000 provides a wide selection of different approaches by artists to the medium. A chronology, glossary and detailed bibliography are also included. |
Contents
The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction | 1 |
the readymade | 10 |
Pop Art and Fluxus | 19 |
Copyright | |
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Acrylic aluminium Angeles Art and Design artist's multiple artist's proofs Arts Council Collection Artschwager ball base Berlin Beuys bottle Busch-Reisinger Museum Cambridge Massachusetts cardboard box Cast Chelsea College Clark cm diameter cm variable College of Art colour copyright the artist dated Donald Smith/Liz Lawes duced Duchamp Edition MAT Edition of 100 Edition René Block Editions Denise René electric motor enamel exhibition fabricated Felix felt Fluxus founded Gallery glass Glenn Gonzalez-Torres Harvard University Heidelberg Idea John Joseph Kippenberger Köln Kunstmuseum Bonn label Literature London metal MFD plate Milano Minneapolis Modern Art multiple Museum of Modern object Oldenburg paint Paris Perspex Philadelphia photograph Donald Smith/Liz piece plastic Plexiglas Pop Art printed production published repro reproduced Richard Sculpture sheet signed and numbered Silkscreen Staeck stamped Store Tokyo Unlimited edition Untitled Walker Art Center Weiner wood x 5 cm York Zürich