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Curiosa

celebrity relics, historical fossils, & other metamorphic rubbish

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An edition of Curiosa (2002)

Curiosa

celebrity relics, historical fossils, & other metamorphic rubbish

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  • ★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 1 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

"Barton Benes imbues mundane objects with the mystical power of holy relics. He assembles modern-day curiosity cabinets, or reliquaries, out of everyday objects that have been touched by fame. From such celebrity-owned articles as Madonna's panties, Bill Clinton's throat lozenge, O. J. Simpson's glove, Larry Hagman's gallstone, and glass from the car crash in which Princess Diana died, Benes creates an art that is as arresting as it is unique.

Whether his creativity is fueled by discards with the pedigree of fame or infamy, such as a Frank Sinatra fingernail clipping or the Son of Sam's hair, or by unusual and strange objects from human and natural history, such as mummy dust, Benes mounts and labels the items and assembles them into mini-museums that are alternately provocative, disturbing, and amusing, but always compelling."--BOOK JACKET.

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Harry N. Abrams
Language
English
Pages
131

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Subjects

American Art, Catalogs, Found objects (Art), Art, American, Curiosities and wonders, Assemblage (Art)

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Barton Lidicé Beneš

Times

20th century
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Curiosa: celebrity relics, historical fossils, & other metamorphic rubbish
2002, Harry N. Abrams
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Curiosa : celebrity relics, historical fossils, and other metamorphic rubbish

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Library of Congress
N6537.B4524 2002, N6537 .B4524 2002

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Pagination
131 p. :
Number of pages
131

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OL17060673M
Internet Archive
curiosacelebrity00bene
ISBN 10
0810935376
LCCN
2002105526
OCLC/WorldCat
51005107
Library Thing
649179
Goodreads
454246

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