"Conceptual: only worth the paper it's written on"

Financial Times. June 9, 2012, p.11.  

"How do you prove you own a work of conceptual art? This is an interesting issue in today's art market, with the trend towards the dematerialisation of art, and the primacy of the idea over its physical presence.

For example, the late US artist Félix González-Torres's works include "Candy Spills", in which wrapped sweets are piled on the floor or in a corner, to be taken and eaten by viewers. When the pile has gone, the owner of the work replenishes it.
So what stops anyone making and selling their own "Candy Spill"? The answer is the certificate of authenticity issued by the artist or their estate. This scrap of paper is, in fact, the only proof that the work of art genuinely belongs to you, and this is actually what you buy and sell."

 

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HUMANISTIC --------------------------------------  MECHANISTIC      

SOCIOLOGY  :   POLITICAL 

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cognition, reasoning imagination, creativity concepts, ideas personal aesthetics subjective - personal meaning "This is mine!"	materials physical objects dimensions, form, properties entropy: time, decay - disorder change
art and arts culture - 'what is art?' Art criticism Collective aesthetic	'the Market' Economic Worth / Value Values Proof of ownership law, intellectual property / ©

For further context - please see:
https://artquest.org.uk/artlaw-article/authenticity-certificates-value/

Adam, G. "Conceptual: only worth the paper it's written on". Financial Times, The Art Market. Collecting, June 9, 2012, p.11.

Sorting / clearing books and papers ongoing. Break next week - inc. reading.