Raphael Rubinstein's 'The Miraculous' Launches at White Columns with Anonymous Art Descriptions
On Friday, October 3rd, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, White Columns in New York City will celebrate the launch of 'The Miraculous,' a work by poet and art critic Raphael Rubinstein. Located at 20 West 13th Street, the event marks the introduction of this 72-page book, published by Paper Monument in 2014. It features 50 unnamed artworks aimed at removing the influence of fame and market value. Among the described pieces is a German artist who renamed a Brazilian gas station after Nazi Martin Bormann. An index within the book reveals the artists’ names, highlighting how authorship can shape perception. The book, part of Rubinstein's blog 'The Silo,' encourages a fresh engagement with art. The ISBN is 978-0-9797575-7-0, and it retails for $16.00.
Key facts
- Launch party at White Columns on October 3, 2014, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
- Published by Paper Monument, an imprint of n+1
- 72 pages, ISBN 978-0-9797575-7-0, priced $16.00
- Describes 50 artworks anonymously, with artists revealed in an index
- Includes entry about a German painter renaming a Brazilian gas station after Martin Bormann
- Features an artist's fatal solo Atlantic crossing project titled 'In Search of the Miraculous'
- Part of Rubinstein's blog 'The Silo,' a revisionist dictionary of contemporary art
- First in a planned series of single-author books by Paper Monument
Entities
Artists
- Raphael Rubinstein
Institutions
- White Columns
- Paper Monument
- n+1
- artcritical
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- Brazil