Assignment 2: Allan McCollum, Plaster Surrogates, and Modernist Art and Theory.

Look at Allan McCollum’s work “Plaster Surrogates” and explain its relationship to Modernist art and theory. Allan McCollum’s “Surrogate Plasters” series was a progression from the earlier “Surrogate Paintings”. These earlier works consisted of varying frames, containing mounts and paintings: but in monochromatic colour (fig 1). According to Foster (2011 p 645) they were a …

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