t William Copley’s exhibition opening in Paris in 1953, visitors were handed a candy as they entered. Printed on the inside of the wrapper was “A Guest + A Host = A Ghost”—one of Marcel Duchamp’s petits jeu de mots. There were several layers of meaning to Duchamp’s candy wrapper, the most literal being that the ghost refers to the hollow etiquette of social engagements. There is
Theaster Gates China Cabinet
May 03, 2021
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