Sturtevant: Shifting Mental Structures

by Alexander Tolnay, Bernard Blistene, and Bruce Hainley

Alexander Tolnay (Editor)

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"My intentions are to extend and develop our present notion of aesthetics, to investigate originality and to examine the relation between original and origins; opening up space for new thinking". (Elaine Sturtevant) This claim is surprising at first as it comes from an artist who is best known for reproducing works by other artists. In her debut solo exhibition in New York in 1965, she exhibited her "copies" of; Andy Warhol's Flowers, Jasper John's Flag pictures, a soft sculpture by Laes Oldenburg and a drawing by James Rosenquidst, which all claimed to be originals. The book, conceived by Sturtevant herself, includes recent works and provides a detailed look at the artist's sophisticated play with issues of originality, authorship and signature.
  • ISBN10 3775791124
  • ISBN13 9783775791120
  • Publish Date 10 September 2002
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 2 June 2008
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint Hatje Cantz
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 112
  • Language English