Appearance Stripped Bare. Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even

Appearance Stripped Bare is the first book to explore the connections between the work of Jeff Koons and Marcel Duchamp, arguably two of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Though their creative universes are separated by decades, both artists question the function of objects and the allure of commodities - developing separate but complementary philosophies of desire and taste, and proposing new ways of thinking about art and the self.
Published to coincide with an exhibition organized by Museo Jumex, Mexico City, and guest curated by Massimiliano Gioni, the book is a copublication with Fundacion Jumex Arte Contemporaneo.