Commerce by Artists
Chris Burden, Maurizio Cattelan, Clegg & Guttmann, Carole Conde, Karl Bevaridge, Wim Delvoye, Maria Eichhorn, etoy.CORPORATION, Andrea Fraser, Rainer Ganahl, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Victor Grippo, Hans Haacke, Jens Haaning, Tehching Hsieh, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Mary Kelly, Janice Kerbel, Edward Kienholz, Ben Kinmont, Yves Klein, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Michael Landy, Life of a Craphead, Lee Lozano, Mammalian Diving Reflex, Richard Maanning, Teresa Margolles, Kelly Mark, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Morris, N.E. Thing Co., Garry Neill Kennedy, Keith Obadike, Cornelia Parker, Edward Poitras, Martha Rosler, Allen Ruppersberg, Seth Siegelaub, Santiago Sierra, Simon Starling, Mladen Stilinovic, Ron Terada, Toxic Titties, Goran Trbuljak, Theodore Wan, Lawrence Weiner, Rachel Whiteread, Martha Wilson, Paul Wong, Erwin Wurm, Lin Yilin, Carey Young.
2011
Edited by Luis Jacob, Commerce by Artists documents a fascinating and sweeping range of artists’ projects produced since the 1950s by Canadian and international artists who have sought to engage, rather than merely represent, the commercial world of which they are a part. Encompassing canonical works such as Yves Klein’s Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility (1958), Seth Siegelaub’s Artist’s Contract (1971), and Lee Lozano’s Strike Piece (1969)—as well as innovative and rarely-documented works like Keith Obadike’s Blackness for Sale (2001), Kelly Mark’s _ In & Out_ (1997-ongoing until 2032), and Ben Kinmont’s Sometimes a Nicer Sculpture Is to Be Able to Provide a Living for Your Family (1998-ongoing)—Commerce by Artists is a comprehensive document of artworks that take the form of transactions and exchanges of value.
Art Metropole