The Name of Philippe Thomas / Philippe Thomas' Name

by Elisabeth Lebovici

In the artistic activities of Philippe Thomas (1951-1995), there was a determination to disappear: it was his procedure to transfer his title of author onto his collectors. This was the case when selling an artwork, or whenever the author's credit was needed for a commissioned text, and in the institutional co-operations that Thomas was a participant of. With this strategy Thomas worked against his own historicization, erasing his name from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3956794311
• ISBN13: 9783956794315
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Length: 112 Pages