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Marcel Broodthaers: The Conquest of Space: Atlas for the Use of Artists and the Military - Softcover
Synopsis
Measuring just 1 x 1.5 inches with a simple black slipcase, The Conquest of Space is an artist’s book by Marcel Broodthaers originally published in 1975 in an edition of 50 numbered copies. As Broodthaers’ last book, it embodies the artist’s sardonic sense of humor with its plays on language and function--the title references the historic use of atlases by militaries for territorial conquests, but printed at such a miniature scale, it is unusable for its intended function. Furthering the level of intrigue with the book, Broodthaers did not follow established geographical organization, choosing rather to present only a small selection of countries organized alphabetically and graphically represented in identical size.
This facsimile edition makes the artist’s book available again for the first time since the original printing in a limited edition of 500 copies.
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About the Author
Marcel Broodthaers (1924–76) worked as a poet and critic until the age of 40, when he declared himself a visual artist. Over the next 12 years, he moved between Brussels, his birth city, and Düsseldorf and London. From 1968 to 1972 Broodthaers operated the Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, an itinerant museum devoted to the exploration of the role of the institution itself and the function of art in society.
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- PublisherThe Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1633450112
- ISBN 13 9781633450110
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages38
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