Sales Catalogue / Verkaufskatalog

A product catalogue of the art market critique Verkaufswerke (Works for Sale) since the beginning of the 1990s / Ein Produktkatalog der kunstmarktkritischen Verkaufswerke (Works for Sale) seit Beginn der 1990er Jahre

von Kurt Ryslavy

160 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The book critically examines the
Works for Sale
series by the Austrian conceptual artist Kurt Ryslavy, which may be regarded as the magnum opus of his nearly forty years of artistic practice.
Works for Sale
are immaterial sculptures. The central concept is the idea of buying or selling the work of another artist under the title
Work for Sale
and under Ryslavy’s name.

First shown in Ghent in 1992, the
Works for Sale
were later included in Kasper König’s Skulptur Projekte Münster in 1997. They attracted international attention but were never sold in an institutional context. The documentation, certificates, and packaging that accompany the
Works for Sale
are merely material accessories, reflecting a failure to understand the intangible nature of the work.

• Reihe: Edition Voldemeer
• ISBN: 9783110723106
• Sprache: Englisch, Deutsch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.10.2020
• Genre: Kunst
• Verlag: De Gruyter