Becoming an Artwork - Boris Groys collecting with a focus on the

with a focus on the work of the font designer Jean-François Rey and his exhibition “Typography and comics” at le Signe

constructed through a layering process by which the original exchange is reworked and expanded with annotations

dramatic migratory shifts

the images were judiciously selected from the collection of Peter J

Against this backdrop

Becoming an Artwork - Boris Groys collecting with a focus on theModern history is a history of aesthetizations and every aesthetization raises a claim of protection. We aestheticize and want to protect almost everything, including Earth, oceans, the atmosphere, rare animal species and exotic plants. Humans are no exception. They also present themselves as objects of contemplation that deserve admiration and care. For some time, artists and intellectuals struggled for the sovereign right to present themselves to