Thanks: Visible Markers. McCollum, Allan

Ars Libri description: 5 polymerized pigmented concrete tablets, each sculpturally embossed with the word “Thanks,” housed as issued in the publisher’s expository lidded cardboard box (internally shrink-wrapped). Markers: 38 x 95 x 25 mm. (1 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 1 inches). Box: 114 x 210 x 38 mm. (4 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches). Oblong sm. 4to. Open edition. Imprinted on the publisher’s box with the artist’s theory that “‘An object can only achieve its meaning by being exchanged.’ Inspired by McCollum’s renowned Visible Markers Series in which he explores his notion of the art object as something that obtains its significance through the process of its exchange, rather than merely through its making and presentation, the Visible Markers lend a physical form to a very common verbal gesture. “ Philadelphia (CerealArt), 2002.