The Uncertainty Principle (Sternberg Press)

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Within the realm of science, the uncertainty principle speaks of the fundamentallimits of knowledge and measurement vis-à-vis the external world. CriticMartin Herbert s compact collection of essays examine layers of unknowingand open-endedness within a diversity of contemporary art practices sincethe 1970s. If a work of art is always completed by the viewer, as Marcel Duchampput it, then the works considered here equate completion with construction.In navigating us through a succession of artists approaches, Herbert, anassociate editor for ArtReview and frequent contributor to Artforum andFrieze, discloses how constructed experiences of not knowing can lead todeep engagements to themes from history to politics, epistemology to ourown mortality.