Darren Bader: 77 And/Or 58 And/Or 19

Texts accompanying 77 works from the humorous and enigmatic Darren Bader

This volume of writings by New York conceptualist Darren Bader (born 1978) features texts for 77 artworks. Writing is at the core of Bader’s work: he offers deceptively simple propositions for artworks to be carried out by gallerists, museums and collectors who then exhibit the works. Each time a work is sold, Bader produces a text that explains the parameters of the artwork. The propositions can be extremely precise or abstract; however, these guides are not made available to the public. Bader has also written propositions for impossible artworks, such as a proposal for installing a baby-changing table under Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper at the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. This book foregrounds Bader’s writing and provides a key to his humorous and sometimes enigmatic works.