An abridged chapter from my Honours thesis, Inherent Vice: on material culture and the mortality of ephemeral art, published by the ANU Research Journal in March 2020.
Image: Urs Fischer, Francesco 2017. Collection National Gallery of Australia, purchased with the assistance of the Foundation Gala Dinner Fund 2019. Image courtesy National Gallery of Australia (C) Urs Fischer, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London.