readymades
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Tom Sachs – Bricolage
I don’t know this artist Tom Sachs at all, but I came across his model of a NASA Hasselblad camera. The low-fi real but not real aesthetic of it appeals. Its not a copy, but, too crude to be a facsimile. I am never quite sure what a Jean Baudrillard’s simulacra means, but it our mixed up world…
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Readymades and the skilled artisan
Reading yesterdays guardian I came across an article by Jon Henley, called ‘Last of their Kind’. Which was a view of ‘heritage crafts’. These are skilled craftsmen who make useful tools and object, but very much reminded me of some of the things I like to think of as readymades.
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