The Contingent Objects of Contemporary Art

Jacket:"In this book, Martha Burskik addresses the interesting fact that since the earley 1960s, almost everyting has been called art. Among other practices, contemporany artists have employed mass-produced elements, impermanet materials, and appropiated imagery, have incorporated performance and video, and have created through instructions carried out by others. Furthermore, works of art lack traditional signs of authenticity or permanence have been embraced by institutions devoted to the original and the permament"
Authorship and authority
Original copies
Medium and materiality
Context as subject
Contingent objects.