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447 p. ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cm. What is art? Must it be a unique, saleable luxury item? Can it be a concept that never takes material form? Or an idea for a work that can be repeated endlessly? Conceptual art favours an engagement with such questions. As the variety of illustrations in this book shows, it can take many forms: photographs, videos, posters, billboards, charts, plans and, especially, language itself. Tony Godfrey has written a clear, lively and informative account of this fascinating phenomenon. He traces the origins of Conceptual art to Marcel Duchamp and the anti art gestures of Dada, and then establishes links to those artists who emerged in the 1960s and early 1970s, whose work forms the heart of this study: Joseph Kosuth, Lawrence Weiner, Victor Burgin, Marcel Broodthaers and many others -- Contents: Introduction What is Conceptual Art? 4 -- 1 Anti Art Gestures in Early Modernism Duchamp and Dada 17 -- 2 The Postwar Period Alternatives to Painting 53 -- 3 False, radical and Obdurate Realities in the Early 1960s 83 -- 4 The Dematerialized Object, Almost Eight Conceptual Artworks? 239 -- 5 Who Were the Brain Police? Varieties of Conceptual Art 145 -- 6 The Crisis of Authority Political and Institutional Contexts 185 -- 7 The End? Decline or Diaspora of Conceptual Art 239 -- 8 Where Were They? The Curious Case of Women Conceptual Artists 279 -- 9 Looking at Others Artists Using Photography 299 -- 10 What is Your Name? Artists Using Words Since 1980 343 -- 11 Who Are the Style Police? Controversies and Contexts in Recent Art 377 -- Glossary 426 -- Brief Biographies 428 -- Key Dates 433 -- Map 436 -- Further Reading 438 -- Index 441 -- Acknowledgments 446 -- Tony Godfrey. Index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 438-440) and index. Conceptual art Art, Modern 20th century N6494.C63 G63 1998 709/.04/075 9780714833880 98229703 pucpr 042012 20260714150522.0 eng