Gifts / Barbara Bloom ; text by Susan Tallman.
By: Bloom, Barbara.
Publisher: [Antwerp, Belgium] : Ludion [2015]ISBN: 9789491819490.Subject(s): Bloom, Barbara, 1951- | Artists' books -- Specimens. -- Barbara Bloom | Conceptual art | Paper art | Gifts | Gift wrapsDDC classification: 709.2 General note: Kitabın arasında zarf bulunmaktadırGeneral note: OyunBu sergisiyle bağlantılıdır = Related to ThisPlay exhibitionSummary: This beautifully produced book by New York-based conceptual artist Barbara Bloom (born 1951) explores the nature of gifts in relation to aspects such as wrapping, covering and uncovering, pleasure and generosity. A passionate collector of ornamental paper from all over the world, Bloom has studied the history and aesthetics of gift-wrapping in detail. In Gifts, she tries to blur the conventional distinction between art and life while offering new insights on notions of concealment and revelation, drawing on various historical examples. Can the box be an artwork? Can the wrapping be the gift? she asks her readers. Bloom's work has been shown internationally, including exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gifts is a further step in the artist's personal investigation into the world of objects, itself a gorgeously produced object ripe for gift giving.Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Kitabın arasında zarf bulunmaktadır
OyunBu sergisiyle bağlantılıdır = Related to ThisPlay exhibition
This beautifully produced book by New York-based conceptual artist Barbara Bloom (born 1951) explores the nature of gifts in relation to aspects such as wrapping, covering and uncovering, pleasure and generosity. A passionate collector of ornamental paper from all over the world, Bloom has studied the history and aesthetics of gift-wrapping in detail. In Gifts, she tries to blur the conventional distinction between art and life while offering new insights on notions of concealment and revelation, drawing on various historical examples. Can the box be an artwork? Can the wrapping be the gift? she asks her readers. Bloom's work has been shown internationally, including exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gifts is a further step in the artist's personal investigation into the world of objects, itself a gorgeously produced object ripe for gift giving.