Conceptual Art and the Politics of Publicity.

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Conceptual Art conceptual art

Any of various art forms in which the idea for a work of art is considered more important than the finished product. The theory was explored by Marcel Duchamp from c. 1910, but the term was coined in the late 1950s by Edward Kienholz. and the Politics of Publicity

Alexander Alberro

"A valuable contribution to the literature on conceptual art .... draws
fascinating parallels between the art world and postindustrialist
capitalism and telecommunications."--Library Journal

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