Art on the Edges: How Images and Objects Become Art

The contributions in this book address objects and actions in their cultural contexts to get to the bottom of an art system in a state of dissolution. With his ready-mades, Marcel Duchamp embroiled the art business in a debate about the inclusion and exclusion of everyday objects in ‘high’ art. Duchamp’s expansion of what constitutes art resulted in an explosive increase of art objects and concepts – a trend still evident today.Images are not born as art. Since then, it has been possible to cite Arthur Danto and talk of the 'end of art'.
ISBN 9783110737462. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 304 pages. 34 b/w, 67 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm.
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