Hans Ulrich Obrist - Do it: The Compendium (signed by Boltanski, Lavier & Obrist) - Independant Curators International 2013

Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Do It began in Paris in 1993 as a conversation between the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier and Obrist himself, who was experimenting with how exhibition formats could be rendered more flexible and open-ended. The discussion led to the question of whether a show could take “scores” or written instructions by artists as a point of departure, which could be interpreted anew each time they were enacted. 

In 2013, to mark the twentieth anniversary of this landmark project, this publication gives new impetus to its future. It includes an archive of artists’ instructions, essays contextualizing Do It, documentation from the history of the exhibition and instructions by 200 artists from all over the world selected by Obrist, among them Carl Andre, Jimmie Durham, Dan Graham, Yoko Ono, Christian Marclay and Rosemarie Trockel, including 60 new instructions from Matias Faldbakken, Theaster Gates, Sarah Lucas, David Lynch, Rivane Neuenschwander and Ai Weiwei, among many others.

Rare & unique copy signed by Christian Boltanski, Bertrand Lavier and Hans Ulrich Obrist.
448p, EN, 25.5x20x4cm, Softcover, Perfect condition