Participants receive—by mail or in person —pages taken directly from two canonical texts: Gardner’s Art Through the Ages (5th Edition, 1970) and Arnason’s History of Modern Art (1st Edition, 1968). These books have been physically deconstructed by Lique in a symbolic (or punk) dismantling of dominant art historical narratives.

Artists are invited to engage with the selected material in any form. Responses may involve drawing, redaction, collage, annotation, or other interventions that challenge, subvert, or expand upon the content provided. Responses are collected, copied and compiled on site into a collective workbook.     

Copies of each compilation are distributed among participants and added to Lique’s archive.   

This is not a call for funding or acclaim, but a call for dialogue, an exchange between artists grounded in critique, humor, invention, and shared authorship. A compilation  publication is inevitable. 

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