Skip to main content
Home
About
Browse All
Guided Search
Log in
|
Help
Search
Advanced Search
Find results with:
error div
Add another field
Search by date
Search by date:
from
after
before
on
from:
to
to:
Searching collections:
Artists' Books Database
Add or remove collections
Home
Artists' Books Database
Collector's shit: detachment from the collection
Reference URL
Share
To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed the entire object, paste this HTML in website
To link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this page, paste this HTML in website
Collector's shit: detachment from the collection
Collector's shit: detachment from the collection
Previous
1
of 4
Next
View Description
Page Flip View
Download
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
Print
This page
All
Loading content ...
Object Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Alden, Todd
Title
Collector's
shit
:
detachment
from the
collection
Date
1996?
Press(es)
Ted Donald Editions
Physical Description
1 portfolio: ill.; 38 cm.
Subject(s)
Collectors and collecting
Feces in art
Description
"In
1961
,
Italian
artist
Piero
Manzoni
collected
his
own
excrement
in
tins
which
he
sold
for the
price
of
gold
on the
day
of the
sale
.
Beginning
in
1993
,
Todd
Alden
embarked
on a
project
in
response
to
Manzoni
, in
which
he
invited
some
750
contemporary
art
collectors
to
conserve
their
own
feces
for
canning
and
collection
. A
total
of
81
collectors
participated
in this
consideration
of
abjection
,
market
relations
,
scatological
taboos
, and
authenticity
.
Alden
situates
the
collector
as
artist
creator
,
while
his
own
role
becomes
that of
collector
fetishist
.
Bound
in a
file
folder
, this
publication
consists
of
meticulously
organized
copies
of
correspondence
with an
anonymous
collector
,
support
materials
, and
essays
by
Alden
and
Ted
Donald."--www.printedmatter.org
Library's
copy
signed
by the
artist
.
Offset
printing
.
Table of Contents
A
few
words
/
Todd
Alden
--
From
excrement
to
aesthetics
and
back
/
Ted
Donald
--
Collector
no
172
(anonymous
collector)
.
Book Type(s)
Artists' books
Binding
Post binding in portfolio
Process/Technique
Offset printing
Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Alden, Todd
Title
Collector's
shit
:
detachment
from the
collection
View
Cover
Image Description
The
title
of the
book
"
Collector's
Shit
" on a
folder
.
ImageID
artb43594A
Thumbnails
Content
Collector's shit: detachment from the collection
Cover
Title page
Inside page
Inside page
Collector's shit: detachment from the collection
Cover
Title page
Inside page
Inside page
you wish to report:
Your comment:
Your Name:
...
Back to top
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Select All Collections
A
Alumni and Student Work
Artists' Books Database
B
Ben Maltz Gallery Archive
F
Faculty Gallery
O
Otis History, People and Places
Otis Lab Press
V
Vinyl
W
Woman's Building
500
You have selected:
1
OK
Cancel
