Can an artist claim that an object is a work of art if it has been made for him or her by someone else? If so, who is the author of such a work? And just what is the difference between a work of art and a work of craft? New in paperback, this is the first book to highlight and explore the way artist[...]

Brings together the poignant, provocative re-imaginings of the traditional still life by over 180 international contemporary artists. This book reveals how leading artists of the 21st century that are reinvigorating the still life, a genre previously synonymous with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-ce[...]