{"title":"Élisabeth Lebovici","description":"\u003cp\u003eÉlisabeth Lebovici (b. 1953) is a French art critic and historian whose writing has been central to the reception of conceptual art, queer theory, and AIDS activism in France since the 1980s. A former art critic for \u003cem\u003eLibération\u003c\/em\u003e and co-founder of the journal \u003cem\u003eDocuments sur l’art\u003c\/em\u003e, Lebovici has written extensively on artists working at the intersection of identity, politics, and institutional critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Name of Philippe Thomas\u003c\/em\u003e (Sternberg Press \/ Kunsthalle Bern, 2008), a study of the artist who systematically dissolved authorship through projects such as \u003cem\u003ereadymades belong to everyone®\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCe que le sida m’a fait\u003c\/em\u003e (JRP Ringier, 2017), a major work on art and the AIDS crisis in France. Lebovici's writing consistently attends to the conditions under which artworks are produced, attributed, and received — and to the political stakes of those conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublications gathered here include books and critical texts by Élisabeth Lebovici. Original and period items.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lebovici-the-name-of-philippe-thomas-sternberg-press-kunsthalle-bern-2008","title":"Élisabeth Lebovici — The Name of Philippe Thomas, Sternberg Press \/ Kunsthalle Bern, 2008","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoftcover. 112 pages, 12 × 18 cm. Published by Sternberg Press \/ Kunsthalle Bern, 2008. ISBN: 978-3-956794-31-5.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: New old stock. Sealed in original publisher's shrink wrap. Light handling and storage wear to the plastic wrap from age and shelving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrench critic and historian Élisabeth Lebovici examines the work of Philippe Thomas (1951–1995), the artist who spent much of his career attempting to dissolve conventional ideas of authorship. Through projects such as \u003cem\u003ereadymades belong to everyone®\u003c\/em\u003e, Thomas transferred ownership, attribution, and even artistic identity to collectors and participants, turning the artwork into a social and contractual structure rather than a stable object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compact but significant publication. Less a conventional monograph than a study of a name that repeatedly attempted to disappear. Thomas remains a key figure for anyone interested in conceptual strategies, delegated authorship, fictional identities, and the unstable relationship between artist, collector, institution, and object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artwork appears not as a singular thing but as a transfer mechanism. The book functions similarly — a small printed support carrying a larger set of questions: who owns a work, who authors it, and what remains when a name becomes part of the medium itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included. Carefully packed and shipped flat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sternberg Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53632258048338,"sku":"LEBOVICI-STERNBERG-CAT-2008","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Lebovici_Elisabeth._The_name_of_Philippe_Thomas._2008_front.jpg?v=1780399263"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/elisabeth-lebovici.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}