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Readymade Reading

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Abstract

The artist David Hammons’s work The Holy Bible , Old Testament (2002) is a thick tome, bound in black leather, with gilded edges. Along the spine in gold tooling are the words “The Holy Bible” and “Old Testament.” Rather than resting on a shelf, however, this item sits on a pedestal in a museum, safely preserved behind Plexiglass.
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 58 Issue: 4
  • DOI: 10.21061/valib.v58i4.1234
  • Submitted on 16 Nov 2017
  • Published on 31 Dec 2012