Josh,
I'd LOVE to see an original definition of conceptual art.
Send it to me!
BTW I'm reading Lawrence Durell's The Black Book now. Can I participate
in yr Durell project?
Reed
Josh Ronsen wrote:
> Howdy y'all,
>
> I was at the library this evening, just browsing (I love browsing through the
>library: so many subjects to read about). I was once again thinking of which Duchamp
>biography to read (any suggestions? I have been reading a string of
>biographies/autobiographies lately: Stanislaw Lem, Aldous Huxley, Nancy Cunard,
>Thomas Bernhard; who will be next?), and right above the Duchamp bios was that Oxford
>University Press book "Art Trends Since 1945" (or "Trends in Art Since 1945"?).
>Something compelled me to look in it, although I have looked in it before. Lo and
>behold, someone had left some index cards in it. One was blank, one had a sentence
>fragment on it, and the third, the third, had a 35-word definition of "Conceptual
>Art" scrawled on it. This last one I put in my pocket.
>
> Now, I am offering this index card to a lucky one of you, in fact, the first one who
>replies to me saying they want it. The only catch is that the winner has to send me a
>non-blank index card in return (or something roughly the size of an index card). I
>want to disqualify Ann K. because she finds Thomas Bernhard boring, but I possess a
>forgiving nature, so she may enter for the card.
>
> On your marks, get set...
>
> -Josh Ronsen
> http://www.nd.org/jronsen
>
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