Since the late 1970s Allan McCollum born 1944 has addressed the anthropology of art its distribution acquisition display and interpretation. From his first Surrogate Paintings 197882 to his Individual Works 198789 or recent Shapes Projectsince 2005 through his famous series of Plaster Surrogates begun in 1982 Perpetual Photos since 1981 and Perfect Vehicles since 1986 McCollum has revealed arts mechanisms as a statusgenerating economy. In the 1990s his art objects were replaced by found objec