Do It

by Adila Laïdi-Hanieh and Bruce Altshuler

The Do It book contains artworks by more than 100 international artists in the form of do-it-yourself text instructions to be completed by the reader. Based on the traveling exhibition and e-flux online project curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, the book also includes a selection of essays and interviews, and offers comprehensive material on the groundbreaking show. Do It began in 1993 with a discussion among friends Christian Boltanski, Bertrand Lavier...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3865880010
• ISBN13: 9783865880017
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: E-Flux/Revolver
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

an unusual, clever, and fun angle on contemporary art

The editor/curators of this book got 50 contemporary artists to each write down instructions for a do-it-yourself art project, for the reader to try. Each is a small revelation of the artist, and a thought-provoker in itself. It's intelligent and fun -- a very clever expression and extension of contemporary art. It's just the thing for anyone who wishes they were artistic: you read an entry, and have the curious sensation that, not only is the project something you could do, but it would be an actual participation in the contemporary art world, pre-endorsed by prominent artists and curators.