Stephanie Syjuco discusses the commissioned installation Excess Capital (Double or Nothing), 2013–, on view in What is an edition, anyway?, and how authenticity is defined in a commodity-based culture. The work displays used copies of Karl Marx’s Capital that Syjuco purchased at auction on eBay and then reclassifies as artist editions by inserting a signed bookplate. Offering each book for sale at exactly double the price paid, Syjuco leverages visitors as partner investors in the project, with all proceeds donated to local activist organizations specializing in racial justice and immigration rights at the close of the exhibition.
MFA’s free Gallery Sessions invite artists and curators to explore and contemplate their works on view with visitors in an intimate setting.
This event takes place during the 2019 San Francisco Art Book Fair.
1150 25th St America/New_York publicGallery Sessions: Stephanie Syjuco
Stephanie Syjuco discusses the commissioned installation Excess Capital (Double or Nothing), 2013–, on view in What is an edition, anyway?, and how authenticity is defined in a commodity-based culture. The work displays used copies of Karl Marx’s Capital that Syjuco purchased at auction on eBay and then reclassifies as artist editions by inserting a signed bookplate. Offering each book for sale at exactly double the price paid, Syjuco leverages visitors as partner investors in the project, with all proceeds donated to local activist organizations specializing in racial justice and immigration rights at the close of the exhibition.
MFA’s free Gallery Sessions invite artists and curators to explore and contemplate their works on view with visitors in an intimate setting.
This event takes place during the 2019 San Francisco Art Book Fair.