The Jean Freeman Gallery Does Not Exist (The MIT Press)

413 Pages·2018·15.475 MB·English

by  Christopher Howard

THE JEAN FREEMAN GALLERY DOES NOT EXIST

THE JEAN FREEMAN GALLERY DOES NOT EXIST
Christopher Howard
THE MIT PRESS
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
LONDON, ENGLAND
© 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Howard, Christopher, 1974-
Title: The Jean Freeman Gallery does not exist / Christopher Howard.
Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017057484 | ISBN 9780262038461 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Fugate-Wilcox, Terry--Criticism and interpretation. | Conceptual
art--United States. | Art--Documentation.
Classification: LCC N6537.F84 H69 2018 | DDC 700.973--dc23 LC record
available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017057484
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments —xi
INTRODUCTION —1
1 ARE YOU FOR REAL? —11
2 I’VE NEVER HEARD OF TERRY FUGATE-WILCOX —71
3 ART FOR THE PAGE / THE ADVERTISING LANDSCAPE —147
4 THE JEAN FREEMAN GALLERY —209
5 THE CRISIS OF FICTIONAL CRITICISM —279
6 ENDING AND AFTERMATH —315
Notes —345
Index —379