The Book in an Objectless Exhibition

“Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art” at The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam December 2015 It’s not so much that there are no objects in this exhibition, ostensively about “conceptual art” (and Seth Siegelaub’s part in it) but that the book, a container of codes for the conveyance of ideas, becomes an object, a museum fetish displayed behind glass. […]