Promotional Information

Accompanies a major international exhibition which begins at MoMA - the first retrospective of Broodthaers's work in New York, and the first extensive exhibition on the artist in the U.S. since 1989-1990.

Reviews

clarifying... [it is] ambivalence, rather than militancy, that sets Broodthaers apart.--Chloe Wyman "Artspace"

gives the breadth of his art room to breathe.--Ben Davis "Artnet.com"

[An] all-around provocateur who parodied the institutional qualities of a museum by creating one of his own... Acute awareness of the creative process... informs Broodthaers's entire oeuvre.--Albert Mobilio "Bookforum"

Broodthaers at his closest to poetry looks both ways, caught between love of the past and fear of the present.--John Haber "Haber's Art Reviews"

Broodthaers created his own context for experiencing his work. This expansive and generously illustrated catalog, which accompanied a recent retrospective, is useful for gaining a better understanding of this mysterious and multifarious artist, whose productions and preoccupations have become increasingly central to the history of modern art.--Jeff Jackson "Fanzine"

Evident throughout... is the artist's insistent message that formal decorum conceals and often intentionally occludes the power of real truths, and that the poet/artist has the key to unlock those verities by playfully rearranging the representational signifiers of cultural capital.--Tom McGlynn "Brooklyn Rail"

MOMA's near-definitive account of the work of Broodthaers was a standout among standouts, providing a rare opportunity to consider firsthand the labyrinthine imagination of the twentieth century's most elusive and enigmatic artist-poet.--Matthew Higgs "Artforum, Best of 2016"