Argument 05
The Readymade
Selection offered as the artistic act, and an argument about it that is still unsettled. Most of the first objects are gone, which complicates every claim made about them.
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Entries
One cause, one consequence, each
- 01
What the claim was
Selecting rather than making, and the argument that the choice and the context carry the work.
- 02
The lost originals
Most of the first objects were discarded and later remade, which complicates every claim about the originals.
- 03
Instructions as the work
When the certificate and the specification are the object, what exactly is being conserved.
Standing distance is part of the work: a canvas sized to the wall asks the body to move back until the picture resolves.
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