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February 12, 2002
Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska The Value of Things Basel: August Projects, Cornerhouse Publishing in association with Birkhäuser, 1999. 222 pp. Paper (3764363169)
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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2002.58

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Few books in recent memory have articulated so lucidly the nexus of deep interconnections among practices making up the core of the modern culture industry as The Value of Things by London-based artists Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska. This remarkable book project dramatically charts the powerful forces through which the values of things are negotiated and exchanged by intertwining the histories of two exemplary modern institutions—the British Museum and London’s Selfridge’s department store. As the...