ecome your own curator and create a museum show with works by international artists or follow our curator’s choice at multiplesbyartists.com

Multiples, like artists’ books, have long been a means for collectors to own an artist’s work cheaply. These editions neatly exploit the Benjaminian distinction between original and reproduction: the best of both worlds, you might say. As Modernism, Inc., has cloistered many if not most original works beyond the fi nancial reach of all but an elite, so art seeking money has pushed a broad range of contempory prices to unbelievable levels (google Christie’s record-breaking May 11th sale of contemporary art, for example). The time is right for multiples. Multiples are also a natural for artitsts, collectors and now curators who would like to loosen or break the institutional stranglehold on contemporary art. Here is a sort of parallel universe of opportunity for those ofmodest means and those of not so modest means as well. The curators invited here to create portforlios (Bob Nickas, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Christophe Cherix), for example, are accustomed to working in an institutional context. Without constraints these curators have exercised their art. multiplesbyartists.com invites you to become your own curator, with the added pleasure of actually owning the fruit of your efforts. Put together a portfolio on-line now.

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