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Thought sketch in response to Books on a White Background

Marcel Duchamp did it with a porcelain urinal in 1917. A century later, the strategy is still a fierce one. By selecting, photographing and displaying these books, Levi (2012) employs the channels available to her to focus public regard on these hitherto discarded objects. She revivifies these culturally troublesome artefacts by calling them to our attention within the bright lights of the gallery space. It is as if, in choosing these jettisoned books, in retrieving them from the pariah status of obscure vintage paraphernalia, a strangely self-reflexive spell has been woven. Try as you might to assume the aloof sanctity of hindsight, there is something about the tactile allure of their clothand leather-bound forms that draws you in. What booklover can resist the nostalgia-inducing effects of gold filigree embossing or the fine artisanal weave of a fabric cover?