do it: the compendium

By Adila Laïdi-Hanieh and Bruce Altshuler

Book Overview

Embodying Marcel Duchamp's words that "art is a game between all people of all periods," Do It in Arabic] features more than 70 artists' instructions, in both English and Arabic, that anyone can use... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938922018
• ISBN13: 9781938922015
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Independent Curators International
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

an unusual, clever, and fun angle on contemporary art

The editor/curators of this book got 50 contemporary artists to each write down instructions for a do-it-yourself art project, for the reader to try. Each is a small revelation of the artist, and a thought-provoker in itself. It's intelligent and fun -- a very clever expression and extension of contemporary art. It's just the thing for anyone who wishes they were artistic: you read an entry, and have the curious sensation that, not only is the project something you could do, but it would be an actual participation in the contemporary art world, pre-endorsed by prominent artists and curators.