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Mike Bouchet: Maccarone, Inc.(Critical Essay)

Artforum International,  October, 2005  by Hall, Emily

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The press release for Mike Bouchet's The New York Dirty Room (all works 2005) mimics the information sheet for Walter De Maria's The New York Earth Room, 1977, that the Dia Foundation, which maintains it, makes available. It's a brief tract that intones, in the same font, layout, and stately manner, the title of the work and its dimensions, provenance, and pedigree. Of course, with Bouchet's brand-new work as its subject, much of this information feels cheekily presumptuous, but this is entirely in keeping with the spirit of the project.

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