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The shift occurred when artists began to question the "white cube" of the gallery. Ed Ruscha, Dieter Roth, and Seth Siegelaub pioneered the idea that the book could be the exhibition itself. This legacy continues today with contemporary artists like Tino Sehgal or Rirkrit Tiravanija, who use catalogues to deconstruct the commodification of art, sometimes refusing to produce a physical book entirely, or producing one that contains no images of the work.
Choosing paper and binding that make the book a collectible archive. Strategic Value EXHIBITION CATALOGUE