{"title":"Philippe Thomas","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhilippe Thomas was a French artist whose practice centred on the systematic displacement of authorship. Working from the mid-1980s until his death in 1995, Thomas developed a series of projects in which collectors, institutions, and other individuals were invited to assume his name and identity as the author of his work. His agency \u003cem\u003ereadymades belong to everyone®\u003c\/em\u003e, founded in 1987, operated as both artwork and commercial structure, producing advertisements, publications, and objects in which the artist's position was transferred, sold, and redistributed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublications collected here document Thomas's practice and its reception, including artist publications, exhibition catalogues, and printed matter through which his system of displaced authorship entered institutional and private circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bosser-daniel-philippe-thomas-declines-his-identity-occasional-papers-2015","title":"Daniel Bosser — Philippe Thomas Declines His Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst authorised English translation of \u003cem\u003ePhilippe Thomas décline son identité\u003c\/em\u003e, first published by Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris, in 1987. The book relates to a performative lecture given by Philippe Thomas at the Centre Pompidou in 1987 and later at the Musée de Grenoble. The lecture, its gestures, pauses, and delivery were already scripted inside the book itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small but important publication within Thomas's system of displaced authorship. The book is attributed to Daniel Bosser, the collector who acquired the work, following Thomas's practice of separating name, author, owner, and object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted matter as script. Authorship as transfer. A book that records the disappearance of the artist's stable position.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16 × 23 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black-and-white\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Occasional Papers, London, 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good. Light shelf wear and minor handling to cover edges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Occasional Papers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615833252178,"sku":"BOSSER-OCCPAP-CAT-2015","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Bosser_Daniel._Philippe_Thomas_declines_his_identity._2015_front.jpg?v=1780303759"},{"product_id":"carpenter-thomas-insights-galerie-claire-burrus-paris-1990","title":"Laura Carpenter \/ Philippe Thomas — Insights","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished by Galerie Claire Burrus in 1990, \u003cem\u003eInsights\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to Philippe Thomas's authorial system surrounding \u003cem\u003ereadymades belong to everyone®\u003c\/em\u003e. The book is attributed to Laura Carpenter and operates simultaneously as fiction, document, and delegated authorship. The earlier New York edition was connected to the Curt Marcus Gallery exhibition \u003cem\u003eJay Chiat and Édouard Merino, Insights\u003c\/em\u003e; this Paris edition extends that structure through Galerie Claire Burrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn uncommon artist's book, more visible in institutional records than in regular commercial circulation. Copies are held by major research and museum libraries, while examples seldom appear on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book as delegated voice. An author as support. A fiction placed inside the administrative frame of an exhibition. The publication sits within Thomas's broader project of redistributing authorship through aliases, proxies, collectors, and fictional personae. Rather than documenting an exhibition, the book functions as part of the exhibition's structure itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14 × 21 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1,500 copies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e French\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris, 1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good vintage condition. Light surface wear, minor corner softening, age toning, and small marks to cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615912026450,"sku":"CARPENTER-BURRUS-CAT-1990","price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Carpenter_Laura_Carpenter-Thomas_Philippe._Insights._1990_front.jpg?v=1780304774"},{"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. 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