ON THINGS AS IDEAS

Mans rich relationship with material things is the focus of this smart collection of more than thirty texts published between 1790 a nd the present. Conceived in response to the gradual breakdown of the divide between art and design that began over a century ago, t his excellent reader sheds light on the many ways the concept of thing as idea has been considered over time. Contributions by Carl Andre, Charles Baudelaire, Walter Benjamin, Barbara Bloemink, Jan Boelen, Louise Bourgeois, Sheldon Cheney and Martha Candler Cheney , Alex Co...[Read more]