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Actions		You know it has to be a hairpiece Remove from selection Add to selection Object number1980.0382 TitleYou know it has to be a hairpiece Creator Davi Det Hompson (vervaardiger)‎ DescriptionDavi Det Hompson was primarily known for making artists’ books, at a time in the 1970s when they had become a significant medium for artists in the Conceptualist tradition. Hompson studied at Anderson College in Indiana, and received an MFA in graphic design from Indiana University-Bloomington in 1967. His earliest works, from his student years and still bearing his unmodified name David E. Thompson, reflect a direct influence of the Fluxus movement, and he was included in the important travelling exhibition Fluxshoe. In the late 1970s he produced a series of simple, pamphlet-like books, such as Understand, This Is Only Temporary, and You Know It Has to Be a Hairpiece using fragments of dialogue, reminiscent of Ida Applebroog’s books from the same period. Later examples further deconstruct language into abstract letterforms and pure line. He also produced text-based sculptures and wall installations that elaborated these same interests. Production date 1977 Production period20e eeuw Object namekunstenaarsboeken Object categorykunstenaarsboeken Materialdrukpapier, drukinkt Techniqueoffsetdrukken Dimensions hoogte: 21.5 cm pagina-aantal: 28

Object number1980.0382

TitleYou know it has to be a hairpiece

Creator Davi Det Hompson (vervaardiger)‎

DescriptionDavi Det Hompson was primarily known for making artists’ books, at a time in the 1970s when they had become a significant medium for artists in the Conceptualist tradition. Hompson studied at Anderson College in Indiana, and received an MFA in graphic design from Indiana University-Bloomington in 1967. His earliest works, from his student years and still bearing his unmodified name David E. Thompson, reflect a direct influence of the Fluxus movement, and he was included in the important travelling exhibition Fluxshoe. In the late 1970s he produced a series of simple, pamphlet-like books, such as Understand, This Is Only Temporary, and You Know It Has to Be a Hairpiece using fragments of dialogue, reminiscent of Ida Applebroog’s books from the same period. Later examples further deconstruct language into abstract letterforms and pure line. He also produced text-based sculptures and wall installations that elaborated these same interests.

Production date 1977

Production period20e eeuw

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