The Opening
Merlin Carpenter • MIT Press • ISBN-13 978‑1934105603
The Opening
ISBN-10: 1934105600 · ISBN-13: 978‑1934105603 · 2020
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Merlin Carpenter’s The Opening offers a critical examination of the contemporary art exhibition as a site of institutional and social performance. Through a series of essays and documentation, the book interrogates the commodification of the gallery space and the shifting role of the artist within the global art market. It serves as both a theoretical inquiry and a firsthand account of the tensions inherent in the display and reception of modern artistic practice.
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