The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property

by Eunsong Kim

In The Politics of Collecting, Eunsong Kim traces how racial capitalism and colonialism situated the rise of US museum collections and conceptual art forms. Investigating historical legal and property claims, she argues that regimes of expropriation--rather than merit or good taste--are responsible for popular ideas of formal innovation and artistic genius. In doing so, she details how Marcel Duchamp's canonization has more to do with his patron's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478026243
• ISBN13: 9781478026242
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"