According to Allan Kozinn’s February 23, 2013 article in The New York Times, “A Plain White Square and Yet So Fascinating“, the exhibit, “We Buy White Albums” (on view at Recess Gallery, 41 Grand Street, New York City through March 9, 2013), is an installation of several hundred examples of the Beatles’ “The White Album” which were collected by Rutherford Chang. For those who are too young to know the record firsthand, the one color album cover was embossed with the title and each album carried a unique serial number. In the article, Chang is quoted as saying, “I was interested in the different ways that covers aged. Being an all white cover, the changes are apparent.” Back in 1968 when the album was first released, who would have thought of its cover as material for the study of damage and aging of paper.
A unique material for a study of damage and aging
