It is what it is. Or is it?

Daderko, Dean. (Added Author). Kelly, Karen. (Added Author). Schroeder, Barbara. (Added Author). Arning, Bill. (Added Author). Lippard, Lucy R. (Added Author). Kosuth, Joseph. (Added Author). Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 (Added Author). Contemporary Arts Museum. (Added Author).

Summary: "In 1914, Marcel Duchamp purchased a bottle rack, called it a sculpture, put his name to it and the “readymade” artwork was born. It Is What It Is. Or Is It? considers the legacy of the readymade in contemporary artistic practice as the form approaches its 100th anniversary and attempts to recuperate the radicality of Duchamp’s foundational gesture. Taking stock of the readymade’s simple materiality and its economy of means, this catalogue includes work by 18 artists working in a variety of media from sculpture to photography, painting, video and installation-based works. It Is What It Is. Or Is It? includes works by Ellen Altfest, Fayçal Baghriche, Bill Bollinger, William Cordova, Latifa Echakhch, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Claire Fontaine, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Rachel Hecker, Jamie Isenstein, Luis Jacob, Patrick Killoran, Jirí Kovanda, Klara Lidén, Catherine Murphy and Pratchaya Phinthong." -- The D.A.P. Catalog (artbook.com)

Record details

ISBN: 9781933619378
Physical Description: 133 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Houston : Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Published on the occasion of the exhibition "It is what it is. Or is it?," organized by Dean Daderko, curator, for the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, May 12 - July 29, 2012.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Online version available http://issuu.com/thecamh/docs/2012_it_is_what_it_is_2