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Curiosa: Celebrity Relics, Historical Fossils, and Other Metamorphic Rubbish
Barton Benes imbues mundane objects with the mystical power of holy relics. He assembles modern-day curiosity cabinets, or reliquaries, out of everyday items that have been touched by fame. From such bizarre celebrity-owned articles as Madonna's panties, Bill Clinton's throat lozenge, O. J. Simpson's glove, Larry Hagman's gallstone, and glass from the car crash in which Pr...more
Hardcover, 132 pages
Published
October 23rd 2002
by Harry N. Abrams
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Interesting, but the formatting of the book stole away from its content. Overly ambitious typesetting, not nearly enough photographic content considering the source materials. I finished wondering if the author was truly happy with this book's chronicle of his collecting or if this just barely scratched the surface (which is my impression).
A little bit creepy but a lot fascinating. :)
This is akin to peeking into someone's underwear drawer and poking to the hidden this and that's under the veneer of "civilized life." This is the absolute most interesting visual picnic - a virtual wunderkammer of iconic detritus. A good dip in and "read" a bit book.
A completely fascinating and gruesome book that is not for the squeamish. A thoughtful,beautiful and very amusing examination of our notions of art and celebrity.
A book full of weird shizit. The artist in me loved it. Metamorphic Rubbish? I don't remember that.
wonderfully strange and interesting
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