The Absence of Work: Marcel Broodthaers, 1964-1976

by Rachel Haidu

Book Overview

A provocative investigation of Marcel Broodthaers's work as a reflection on the uses and abuses of language.

In 1964, at age forty, Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976) proclaimed that his years of writing poetry--of being "good for nothing," in his words--were over, and a brief but dazzling artistic career began. Considered a founding father of institutional critique, Broodthaers created hundreds of objects, books, films, photographs and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262525097
• ISBN13: 9780262525091
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher