Reading through Art and Artifact: The Museum as Medium by James Putnam I came across Dove Bradshaw's piece of Do Not Touch (1979) = genius.
"Bradshaw replicated an official 'Do Not Touch' sign from MoMa, New York, and also produced a museum label describing it. She then fixed it to the wall in one of the galleries; the label was subsequently moved by security guards." (In Art and Artifact, p.172)
The fact that it highlighted that anyone of an unsuspecting nature could replicate and attach such a label to museum institutions such as the MoMA in New York has further enhanced my idea for my proposal, which I am still conjugating. Although having being recognized as an artist in the book art and artifact it can be seen how Bradshaw has critiqued art and the museum world thereby questioning the status of the artist.
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