World Food Books

Live in Your Head : When Attitudes Become Form : Works, Concepts, Processes, Situations, Information.

1969 / 2006, English / French / German / Italian
Softcover binder (w. spring-loaded plate), 170 pages, 31.5 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Kunsthalle Bern / Bern

$290.00 - Out of stock

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One of the great art documents of the 20th century, "Live in Your Head : When Attitudes Become Form", curated by Harald Szeemann at the Kunsthalle Bern in Switzerland, March 22 - April 27, 1969. This is the impeccably re-produced facsimile edition of the exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition honouring the legacy of Szeemann in 2006, published by the Kunsthalle Bern, the producers of the original. Strictly limited edition and immediately out-of-print, this most faithful reprint, with the unique die-cut alphabetically tabbed index bound with hardware-fittings, has become as collectible as the 1969 edition.

Sponsored by the Philip Morris tobacco company, this was an important, extensive and primary exhibition dedicated to the amalgam of Pop, Minimal and Conceptual Art in Europe and the United States. The catalogue itself is designed and produced by Szeemann, and printed in Switzerland by Stämpfli & Cie in Bern. Alongside those of Seth Siegelaub, Szeemann's now historical catalogues changed the way exhibition publishing performed. Presented as a indexical binder (spring-bound with a metal plate) forming an index of alphabetical artist pages and accompanying texts. Includes a biography, bibliography, illustrations and portrait for each artist.

Texts by Harald Szeemann, Scott Burton, Grégoire Müller and Tommaso Trini.

Artists include Carl Andre, Giovanni Anselmo, Richard Artschwager, Thomas Bang, Jared Bark, Robert Barry, Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Marinus Boezem, Bill Bollinger, Michael Buthe, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Paul Cotton, Alighiero Boetti, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Ger Van Elk, Rafael Ferrer, Barry Flanagan, Hans Haacke, Michael Heizer, Douglas Huebler, Paolo Icaro, Alain Jacquet, Neil Jenney, Jo Ann Kaplan, Eva Hesse, Edward Kienholz, Yves Klein, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis, Gary B. Kuehn, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Roelof Louw, Bruce McLean, Walter De Maria, David Medalla, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Oppenheim, Paul Pechter, Panamarenko, Michelangelo Pisteletto, Emilio Prini, Markus Raetz, Allen Ruppersberg, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Robert Ryman, Alan Saret, Sarkis, Jean-Frédéric Schnyder, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Keith Sonnier, Richard Tuttle, Frank Viner, Erhard Walther, Lawrence Weiner, William Wegman, William Wiley and Gilberto Zorio.

Texts in English, French, German and Italian.

As New with only light creasing to the overhanging edges of the cover edges, otherwise a Fine copy.

File under: Carl Andre Giovanni Anselmo Richard Artschwager Thomas Bang Jared Bark Robert Barry Joseph Beuys Mel Bochner Marinus Boezem Bill Bollinger Michael Buthe Pier Paolo Calzolari Paul Cotton Alighiero Boetti Hanne Darboven Jan Dibbets Ger Van Elk Rafael Ferrer Barry Flanagan Hans Haacke Michael Heizer Douglas Huebler Paolo Icaro Alain Jacquet Neil Jenney Jo Ann Kaplan Eva Hesse Edward Kienholz Yves Klein Joseph Kosuth Jannis Kounellis Gary B. Kuehn Sol LeWitt Richard Long Roelof Louw Bruce McLean Walter De Maria David Medalla Mario Merz Robert Morris Bruce Nauman Claes Oldenburg Dennis Oppenheim Paul Pechter Panamarenko Michelangelo Pisteletto Emilio Prini Markus Raetz Allen Ruppersberg Reiner Ruthenbeck Robert Ryman Alan Saret Sarkis Jean-Frédéric Schnyder Fred Sandback Richard Serra Robert Smithson Keith Sonnier Richard Tuttle Frank Viner Erhard Walther Lawrence Weiner William Wegman William Wiley Gilberto Zorio Harald Szeemann Scott Burton Tommaso Trini Gregoire Müller Kunsthalle Bern / Bern Conceptual Art Arte Povera Out-of-print / Rare Group Shows / Collections Curatorial Art Sculpture / Installation Minimal Art Pop Art Photography Film / Video

Thoughts and Action
Joseph Beuys, Daniel Buren, Dan Graham, Bruce Mclean, Giulio Paolini

1982, English / Japanese / Italian / French
Softcover (w. wax dust jacket), 128 pages, 21 x 29 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by The Japan Foundation / Tokyo

$100.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of this wonderful Japanese catalogue published in 1982 to accompany an exhibition that brought together the work of 5 Western artists (Joseph Beuys, Daniel Buren, Dan Graham, Bruce Mclean, and Giulio Paolini) for a major group show held at the Laforet Museum, Tokyo and The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Each artist has many pages of work reproduced in black and white, accompanied by artists' statements, essays on each artist, and artists' biographies, in English, Japanese, Italian and French. Bound in various raw paper stocks and wrapped in printed wax paper dust-jacket.

Good-Very Good copy. Perfectly preserved with small chips and wear to dust jacket edges.

File under: Bruce McLean Dan Graham Daniel Buren Giulio Paolini Joseph Beuys The Japan Foundation / Tokyo Art Arte Povera Conceptual Art Out-of-print / Rare Performance / Dance / Theater Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections Fluxus Minimal Art

INFORMATION
by Kynaston McShine, Lucy Lippard, et al.

1970, English
Softcover, 208 pages, 20.3 x 25.4 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by MoMA / New York

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Extremely rare first 1970 edition of MoMA's landmark book on conceptual art, published to accompany this groundbreaking avant-garde show.

In the summer of 1970, the Museum of Modern Art in New York mounted the now legendary exhibition Information, one of the first surveys of conceptual art. Conceived by MoMA’s celebrated curator Kynaston McShine as an “international report” on contemporary trends, the show and attendant catalog together assembled the work of more than 150 artists from 15 countries to explore the parameters and possibilities of the emerging art practices of the era. Noting the participating artists’ attunement to the “mobility and change that pervades their time,” McShine underscored their interest in “ways of rapidly exchanging ideas, rather than embalming the idea in an ‘object.’” Indeed, much of the work in the exhibition engaged mass-communications systems, such as broadcast television and the postal service, and addressed viewers directly, often encouraging their participation in return.

The catalog, rather than merely document the show, functioned autonomously: it included a list of recommended reading, a chance-based index by critic Lucy Lippard, and individual artist contributions in the form of photographic documentation, textual description, drawings and diagrams—some relating to work in the exhibition and others to artworks as yet unrealized.

Artists include Vito Acconci, Carl Andre, Siah Armajani, Keith Arnatt, Art & Language Press, Art & Project, Richard Artschwager, David Askevold, Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, John Baldessari, Michael Baldwin, Barrio, Robert Barry, Frederick Barthelme, Bernhard & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Bill Bollinger, George Brecht, Stig Broegger, Stanley Brouwn, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Donald Burgy, Ian Burn and Mel Ramsden, James Lee Byars, Jorge Luis Carballa, Christopher Cook, Roger Cutforth, Carlos D'Alessio, Hanne Darboven, Walter de Maria, Jan Dibbets, Gerald Ferguson, Rafael Ferrer, Barry Flanagan, Group Frontera, Hamish Fulton, Gilbert & George, Giorno Poetry Systems, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Ira Joel Haber, Randy Hardy, Michael Heizer, Hans Hollein, Douglas Huebler, Robert Huot, Peter Hutchinson, Richards Jarden, Stephen Kaltenbach, On Kawara, Joseph Kosuth, Christine Kozlov, John Latham, Barry Le Va, Sol Lewitt, Lucy Lippard, Richard Long, Bruce McLean, Cildo Campos Meirelles, Marta Minujin, Robert Morris, N.E. Thing Co., Bruce Nauman, New York Graphic Workshop, Newspaper, Group Oho, Helio Oiticica, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Panamarenko, Giulio Paolini, Paul Pechter, Giuseppe Penone, Adrian Piper, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Prini, Alejandro Puente, Markus Raetz, Yvonne Rainer, Klaus Rinke, Edward Ruscha, J.M. Sanejouand, Richard Sladden, Robert Smithson, Keith Sonnier, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Erik Thygesen, John Van Saun, Guilherme Magalhaes Vaz, Bernar Venet, Jeff Wall, Lawrence Weiner, Ian Wilson.

Kynaston McShine was formerly Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Very Good copy. Light cover wear, single spine crack, all crisp, clean interior and tightly bound copy of a book that usually sees serious page detachments. Best copy we have seen.

File under: Vito Acconci Carl Andre Siah Armajani Keith Arnatt Art & Language Press Art & Project Richard Artschwager David Askevold Terry Atkinson David Bainbridge John Baldessari Michael Baldwin Barrio Robert Barry Frederick Barthelme Bernhard & Hilla Becher Joseph Beuys Mel Bochner Bill Bollinger George Brecht Stig Broegger Stanley Brouwn Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Donald Burgy Ian Burn and Mel Ramsden James Lee Byars Jorge Luis Carballa Christopher Cook Roger Cutforth Carlos D'Alessio Hanne Darboven Walter de Maria Jan Dibbets Gerald Ferguson Rafael Ferrer Barry Flanagan Group Frontera Hamish Fulton Gilbert & George Giorno Poetry Systems Dan Graham Hans Haacke Ira Joel Haber Randy Hardy Michael Heizer Hans Hollein Douglas Huebler Robert Huot Peter Hutchinson Richards Jarden Stephen Kaltenbach On Kawara Joseph Kosuth Christine Kozlov John Latham Barry Le Va Sol Lewitt Lucy Lippard Richard Long Bruce McLean Cildo Campos Meirelles Marta Minujin Robert Morris N.E. Thing Co. Bruce Nauman New York Graphic Workshop Newspaper Group Oho Helio Oiticica Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Panamarenko Giulio Paolini Paul Pechter Giuseppe Penone Adrian Piper Michelangelo Pistoletto Emilio Prini Alejandro Puente Markus Raetz Yvonne Rainer Klaus Rinke Edward Ruscha J.M. Sanejouand Richard Sladden Robert Smithson Keith Sonnier Ettore Sottsass Jr. Erik Thygesen John Van Saun Guilherme Magalhaes Vaz Bernar Venet Jeff Wall Lawrence Weiner Ian Wilson Kynaston McShine Lucy Lippard MoMA / New York Performance / Dance / Theater Feminism Out-of-print / Rare Group Shows / Collections Conceptual Art Fluxus Minimal Art Arte Povera Photography Curatorial Art Counterculture Ecology / Earth Film / Video Sculpture / Installation

Six Years : The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972
by Lucy Lippard

1973 / 1997, English
Softcover, 280 pages, 173 x 213 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by University of Chicago Press / Chicago

$70.00 - Out of stock

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“Conceptual art, for me, means work in which the idea is paramount and the material form is secondary, lightweight, ephemeral, cheap, unpretentious and/or 'dematerialized.'”—Lucy R. Lippard, Six Years

In 1973 the critic and curator Lucy R. Lippard published Six Years, a book with possibly the longest subtitle in the bibliography of art: The dematerialization of the art object from 1966 to 1972: a cross-reference book of information on some esthetic boundaries: consisting of a bibliography into which are inserted a fragmented text, art works, documents, interviews, and symposia, arranged chronologically and focused on so-called conceptual or information or idea art with mentions of such vaguely designated areas as minimal, anti-form, systems, earth, or process art, occurring now in the Americas, Europe, England, Australia, and Asia (with occasional political overtones) edited and annotated by Lucy R. Lippard. Six Years, sometimes referred to as a conceptual art object itself, not only described and embodied the new type of art-making that Lippard was intent on identifying and cataloging, it also exemplified a new way of criticizing and curating art. The result is a book with the character of a lively contemporary forum that offers an invaluable record of the thinking of the artists—a historical survey and essential reference book for the period. Lippard provides a new preface to this 1997 reprint edition.

Includes: Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Dennis Adrian, Carl Andre, Eleanor Antin, Keith Arnatt, Art-Language, Richard Artschwager, Michael Asher, David Askevold, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Frederick Barthelme, N.E. Thing Co., Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Stanley Brouwn, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Donald Burgy, Ian Burn, Jack Burnham, James Lee Byars, Hanne Darboven, Agnes Denes, Jan Dibbets, Peter Downsbrough, Gerald Ferguson, Rafael Ferrer, Barry Flanagan, Gilbert & George, Dan Graham, Guerrilla Art Action Group, Hans Haacke, Charles Harrison, Michael Heizer, Douglas Huebler, Peter Hutchinson, Stephen Kaltenbach, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Joseph Kosuth, Christine Kozlov, John Latham, Barry Le Va, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Lee Lozano, Bruce McLean, Walter de Maria, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Adrian Piper, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Sigmar Polke, Mel Ramsden, Allen Ruppersberg, Edward Ruscha, Robert Ryman, Gerry Schum, Richard Serra, Willoughby Sharp, Seth Siegelaub, Tony Smith, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Keith Sonnier, Athena Tacha Spear, Bernar Venet, Wolf Vostell, Franz Erhard Walther, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, William Wiley, Ian Wilson, La Monte Young

"Essential source book of documentation of the Conceptual Art, Land Art, Earth Art, Arte Povera, Minimal Art, Performance Art, Video Art movements. Documents the activities, day by day, month by month, year by year of artists including Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Dennis Adrian, Carl Andre, Eleanor Antin, Keith Arnatt, Art-Language, Richard Artschwager, Michael Asher, David Askevold, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Frederick Barthelme, N.E. Thing Co., Josef Beuys, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Stanley Brouwn, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Donald Burgy, Ian Burn, Jack Burnham, James Lee Byars, Hanne Darboven, Agnes Denes, Jan Dibbets, Peter Downsbrough, Gerald Ferguson, Rafael Ferrer, Barry Flanagan, Gilbert & George, Dan Graham, Guerrilla Art Action Group, Hans Haacke, Charles Harrison, Michael Heizer, Douglas Huebler, Peter Hutchinson, Stephen Kaltenbach, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Joseph Kosuth, Christine Kozlov, John Latham, Barry Le Va, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Lee Lozano, Bruce McLean, Walter de Maria, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Adrian Piper, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Sigmar Polke, Mel Ramsden, Allen Ruppersberg, Edward Ruscha, Robert Ryman, Gerry Schum, Richard Serra, Willoughby Sharp, Seth Siegelaub, Tony Smith, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Keith Sonnier, Athena Tacha Spear, Bernar Venet, Wolf Vostell, Franz Erhard Walther, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, William Wiley, Ian Wilson, La Monte Young and others. "The unusual form of this provocative book intentionally reflects the chaotic network of ideas connected with so-called conceptual art or information art or idea art, in America and abroad, from 1966 to 1972. Arranged as a continuous bibliographical chronology, into which is woven a rich collection of original documents - including texts by, and taped discussions with and among, the artists involved - and annotations by Lucy R. Lippard, the book has the informal quality of a lively contemporary forum. Only a minimum of order is imposed; for the most part the reader is left to confront the curious compendium of information on his or her own, to follow changing ideas and artistic developments over the six-year period, to witness the gradual (and controversial) "dematerialization" of the art object." -- publisher's statement."

Good—Very Good copy with general light shelf wear and tanning to spine.

File under: Vito Acconci Bas Jan Ader Dennis Adrian Carl Andre Eleanor Antin Keith Arnatt Art-Language Richard Artschwager Michael Asher David Askevold John Baldessari Robert Barry Frederick Barthelme N.E. Thing Co. Joseph Beuys Mel Bochner Alighiero Boetti Stanley Brouwn Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Donald Burgy Ian Burn Jack Burnham James Lee Byars Hanne Darboven Agnes Denes Jan Dibbets Peter Downsbrough Gerald Ferguson Rafael Ferrer Barry Flanagan Gilbert & George Dan Graham Guerrilla Art Action Group Hans Haacke Charles Harrison Michael Heizer Douglas Huebler Peter Hutchinson Stephen Kaltenbach Allan Kaprow On Kawara Joseph Kosuth Christine Kozlov John Latham Barry Le Va Sol LeWitt Richard Long Lee Lozano Bruce McLean Walter de Maria Robert Morris Bruce Nauman Claes Oldenburg Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Adrian Piper Michelangelo Pistoletto Sigmar Polke Mel Ramsden Allen Ruppersberg Edward Ruscha Robert Ryman Gerry Schum Richard Serra Willoughby Sharp Seth Siegelaub Tony Smith Robert Smithson Michael Snow Keith Sonnier Athena Tacha Spear Bernar Venet Wolf Vostell Franz Erhard Walther William Wegman Lawrence Weiner William Wiley Ian Wilson La Monte Young Lucy R. Lippard University of Chicago Press / Chicago Conceptual Art Arte Povera Minimal Art Performance / Dance / Theater Feminism Curatorial Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Art Photography Film / Video Ecology / Earth Fluxus Group Shows / Collections Sculpture / Installation

Avalanche No. 2 (Winter 1971)
Bruce Nauman cover

1971, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 114 pages, 24 x 23.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Kineticism Press / New York

$160.00 - Out of stock

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Issue number 2 of the legendary New York quarterly periodical Avalanche, published Winter 1971. Cover features Bruce Nauman. Contents: "Rumbles," featuring Bas jan Ader, John Perreault, Vito Acconci and Paul Kos; "Interview: Bruce Nauman"; "Interview: Terry Fox"; "Klaus Rinke Retrospective"; "Documents: John Van Saun"; "Documents: Dennis Oppenheim"; "Documents: Richard Serra"; "Yves Klein," by Shunk-Kender; "King for a Day," by Bruce McLean; "112 Greene Street," by Alan Saret and Jeffrey Lew; "Mrs. Burke, I Thought You Were Dead," by William Wegman; "Drifts and Conversions," by Vito Acconci; "A Discussion with Acconci, Fox, and Oppenheim," by Vito Acconci, Terry Fox and Dennis Oppenheim. Edited by Liza Bear, published by Willoughby Sharp, designed by Boris Wall Gruphy.

The short-lived New York based art magazine Avalanche, which existed between 1970 and 1976, captured a sense of its time, but also engaged critically with the relationship between printed matter (books, samizdat, etc.) and artwork. Founded by Liza Bear and Willoughby Sharp Avalanche pushed artistic ideas, focusing on new forms of art-making (of it’s day), providing a timely format for art’s movement away from galleries and museums and towards the printed page and emerging discourses surrounding Performance and Land art. The interviews, all conducted by Bear and Sharp, employ a loose but thoughtful approach. Often the articles ran as large as 16 pages. The featured artists were at the time relatively unknown, today they read like a Who’s Who of the avant-garde (in particular as defined by Dia:). The square covers of the early issues feature now iconic portraits of artists; Joseph Beuys, Lawrence Weiner, Yvonne Rainer, Vito Acconci (who had the entire Issue of #6 dedicated to him) and Bruce Nauman.

Featured artists were Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Bill Beckley, Joseph Beuys, Chris Burden, Daniel Buren, Hanne Darboven, Walter De Maria, Jan Dibbets, Barbara Dilley, Simone Forti, Gilbert & George, the Philip Glass Ensemble, Grand Union, Hans Haacke, Jannis Kounellis, Meredith Monk, Barry Le Va, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Gordon Matta-Clark, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Klaus Rinke, Joel Shapiro, Jack Smith, Keith Sonnier, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, George Trakas, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, the Western Front and Jackie Winsor.

Very Good copy with tanning and light wear.

File under: Bruce Nauman Terry Fox John van Saun Richard Serra Dennis Oppenheim Yves Klein Bruce McLean William Wegman Vito Acconci Boris Wall Gruphy Alan Saret Jeffrey Lew Willoughby Sharp Elizabeth Béar Kineticism Press / New York Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Conceptual Art Sculpture / Installation Arte Povera Art Minimal Art Performance / Dance / Theater Fluxus Theory / Essay Film / Video

Information (50th Anniversary Edition)
By Kynaston McShine. Text by Lucy Lippard, et al.

2019, English
Softcover, 208 pages, 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Published by MoMA / New York

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The 50th anniversary edition of MoMA's landmark book on conceptual art.

In the summer of 1970, the Museum of Modern Art in New York mounted the now legendary exhibition Information, one of the first surveys of conceptual art. Conceived by MoMA’s celebrated curator Kynaston McShine as an “international report” on contemporary trends, the show and attendant catalog together assembled the work of more than 150 artists from 15 countries to explore the parameters and possibilities of the emerging art practices of the era. Noting the participating artists’ attunement to the “mobility and change that pervades their time,” McShine underscored their interest in “ways of rapidly exchanging ideas, rather than embalming the idea in an ‘object.’” Indeed, much of the work in the exhibition engaged mass-communications systems, such as broadcast television and the postal service, and addressed viewers directly, often encouraging their participation in return.

The catalog, rather than merely document the show, functioned autonomously: it included a list of recommended reading, a chance-based index by critic Lucy Lippard, and individual artist contributions in the form of photographic documentation, textual description, drawings and diagrams—some relating to work in the exhibition and others to artworks as yet unrealized. This facsimile edition of the original Information catalog, which has long been out of print, invites reengagement with MoMA’s landmark exhibition while illuminating the early history of conceptual art.

Kynaston McShine was formerly Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Artists include Vito Acconci, Carl Andre, Siah Armajani, Keith Arnatt, Art & Language Press, Art & Project, Richard Artschwager, David Askevold, Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, John Baldessari, Michael Baldwin, Barrio, Robert Barry, Frederick Barthelme, Bernhard & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Bill Bollinger, George Brecht, Stig Broegger, Stanley Brouwn, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Donald Burgy, Ian Burn and Mel Ramsden, James Lee Byars, Jorge Luis Carballa, Christopher Cook, Roger Cutforth, Carlos D'Alessio, Hanne Darboven, Walter de Maria, Jan Dibbets, Gerald Ferguson, Rafael Ferrer, Barry Flanagan, Group Frontera, Hamish Fulton, Gilbert & George, Giorno Poetry Systems, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Ira Joel Haber, Randy Hardy, Michael Heizer, Hans Hollein, Douglas Huebler, Robert Huot, Peter Hutchinson, Richards Jarden, Stephen Kaltenbach, On Kawara, Joseph Kosuth, Christine Kozlov, John Latham, Barry Le Va, Sol Lewitt, Lucy Lippard, Richard Long, Bruce McLean, Cildo Campos Meirelles, Marta Minujin, Robert Morris, N.E. Thing Co., Bruce Nauman, New York Graphic Workshop, Newspaper, Group Oho, Helio Oiticica, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Panamarenko, Giulio Paolini, Paul Pechter, Giuseppe Penone, Adrian Piper, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Prini, Alejandro Puente, Markus Raetz, Yvonne Rainer, Klaus Rinke, Edward Ruscha, J.M. Sanejouand, Richard Sladden, Robert Smithson, Keith Sonnier, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Erik Thygesen, John Van Saun, Guilherme Magalhaes Vaz, Bernar Venet, Jeff Wall, Lawrence Weiner, Ian Wilson.

File under: Vito Acconci Carl Andre Siah Armajani Keith Arnatt Art & Language Press Art & Project Richard Artschwager David Askevold Terry Atkinson David Bainbridge John Baldessari Michael Baldwin Barrio Robert Barry Frederick Barthelme Bernhard & Hilla Becher Joseph Beuys Mel Bochner Bill Bollinger George Brecht Stig Broegger Stanley Brouwn Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Donald Burgy Ian Burn and Mel Ramsden James Lee Byars Jorge Luis Carballa Christopher Cook Roger Cutforth Carlos D'Alessio Hanne Darboven Walter de Maria Jan Dibbets Gerald Ferguson Rafael Ferrer Barry Flanagan Group Frontera Hamish Fulton Gilbert & George Giorno Poetry Systems Dan Graham Hans Haacke Ira Joel Haber Randy Hardy Michael Heizer Hans Hollein Douglas Huebler Robert Huot Peter Hutchinson Richards Jarden Stephen Kaltenbach On Kawara Joseph Kosuth Christine Kozlov John Latham Barry Le Va Sol Lewitt Lucy Lippard Richard Long Bruce McLean Cildo Campos Meirelles Marta Minujin Robert Morris N.E. Thing Co. Bruce Nauman New York Graphic Workshop Group Oho Helio Oiticica Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Panamarenko Giulio Paolini Paul Pechter Giuseppe Penone Adrian Piper Michelangelo Pistoletto Emilio Prini Alejandro Puente Markus Raetz Yvonne Rainer Klaus Rinke Edward Ruscha J.M. Sanejouand Richard Sladden Robert Smithson Keith Sonnier Erik Thygesen John Van Saun Guilherme Magalhaes Vaz Bernar Venet Jeff Wall Lawrence Weiner Ian Wilson Ettore Sottsass Newspaper Ettore Sottsass Jr. Kynaston McShine Lucy R. Lippard MoMA / New York Group Shows / Collections Curatorial Conceptual Art Arte Povera Photography Film / Video Sculpture / Installation Art Fluxus Minimal Art

Materializing Six Years
Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art

2012, English
Hardcover, 304 pages, 216 x 254 mm
Published by The MIT Press / Massachusetts

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Lucy R. Lippard's famous book, itself resembling an exhibition, is now brought full circle in an exhibition (and catalog) resembling her book.

“Conceptual art, for me, means work in which the idea is paramount and the material form is secondary, lightweight, ephemeral, cheap, unpretentious and/or ‘dematerialized.’” — Lucy R. Lippard, Six Years

In 1973 the critic and curator Lucy R. Lippard published Six Years, a book with possibly the longest subtitle in the bibliography of art: The dematerialization of the art object from 1966 to 1972: a cross-reference book of information on some esthetic boundaries: consisting of a bibliography into which are inserted a fragmented text, art works, documents, interviews, and symposia, arranged chronologically and focused on so-called conceptual or information or idea art with mentions of such vaguely designated areas as minimal, anti-form, systems, earth, or process art, occurring now in the Americas, Europe, England, Australia, and Asia (with occasional political overtones) edited and annotated by Lucy R. Lippard. Six Years, sometimes referred to as a conceptual art object itself, not only described and embodied the new type of art-making that Lippard was intent on identifying and cataloging, it also exemplified a new way of criticizing and curating art. Nearly forty years later, the Brooklyn Museum takes Lippard’s celebrated experiment in curated concatenation as a template, turning a book that resembled an exhibition into an exhibition materializing the ideas in her book.

The artworks and essays featured in this publication recall the thrill that was tangible in Lippard's original documentation, reminding us that during the late sixties and early seventies all possible social and material parameters of art (making) were played with, worked over, inverted, reduced, expanded, and rejected. By tracing Lippard’s own activities in those years, the book also documents the early blurring of boundaries among critical, curatorial, and artistic practices.

With more than 200 images of work by dozens of artists (printed in color throughout), this book brings Lippard’s curatorial experiment full circle.

Edited by Catherine Morris and Vincent Bonin

Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Six Years' Project: Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art, September 14, 2012-February 3, 2013, organized by Catherine Morris, Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center at the Brooklyn Museum, and the independent scholar Vincent Bonin.

File under: Vito Acconci Bas Jan Ader Dennis Adrian Carl Andre Eleanor Antin Keith Arnatt Art-Language Richard Artschwager Michael Asher David Askevold John Baldessari Robert Barry Frederick Barthelme N.E. Thing Co. Mel Bochner Alighiero Boetti Stanley Brouwn Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Donald Burgy Ian Burn Jack Burnham James Lee Byars Hanne Darboven Agnes Denes Jan Dibbets Peter Downsbrough Gerald Ferguson Rafael Ferrer Barry Flanagan Dan Graham Guerrilla Art Action Group Hans Haacke Charles Harrison Michael Heizer Douglas Huebler Peter Hutchinson Stephen Kaltenbach Allan Kaprow On Kawara Joseph Kosuth Christine Kozlov John Latham Barry Le Va Sol LeWitt Richard Long Lee Lozano Bruce McLean Walter de Maria Robert Morris Bruce Nauman Claes Oldenburg Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Adrian Piper Michelangelo Pistoletto Sigmar Polke Mel Ramsden Allen Ruppersberg Edward Ruscha Robert Ryman Gerry Schum Richard Serra Willoughby Sharp Seth Siegelaub Tony Smith Robert Smithson Michael Snow Keith Sonnier Athena Tacha Spear Bernar Venet Wolf Vostell Franz Erhard Walther William Wegman Lawrence Weiner William Wiley Ian Wilson La Monte Young Lucy Lippard Joseph Beuys Gilbert & George Lucy R. Lippard The MIT Press / Massachusetts Art Curatorial Theory / Essay Feminism Conceptual Art Minimal Art

Conceptual Art In A Curatorial Perspective: Between Dematerialization And Documentation
by Nathalie Zonnenberg

2019, English
Softcover, 272 pages, 17 x 24 cm
Published by Valiz / Amsterdam

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Conceptual Art in a Curatorial Perspective: Between Dematerialization and Documentation focuses on the curatorial practice of exhibiting conceptual art. The fact that conceptual works are not object-based, creates challenges in exhibiting or re-exhibiting them. This book offers various perspectives on how to handle conceptual art in the context of the museum, based on three detailed case studies and an extensive introduction in which the paradox of conceptual art is analyzed. It also elaborates on the history of exhibiting conceptual artworks, and on the influence of curators in their canonization.
The aim of the book is not to offer clear-cut practical solutions, but to raise awareness of the issue and the different ways of dealing with it within the traditional curatorial field. It is relevant for students of art and culture (particularly in museum and curatorial studies), art and museum professionals, and everyone interested in the art of the 1960s and 1970s.

Nathalie Zonnenberg is an art historian and curator. She holds a PhD in Art History from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (NL). Zonnenberg regularly writes on contemporary art, and she lectures at the post-graduate Curatorial Studies programme at KASK/the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent (BE).

File under: Robert Morris Douglas Huebler Sol LeWitt Stanley Brouwn Markus Raetz Robert Ryman Adrian Piper Charlotte Posenenske Richard Tuttle Niele Toroni Michael Snow Sarkis Reiner Ruthenbeck Keith Sonnier Sherrie Levine John Latham El Lissitzky Richard Long Gordon Matta-Clark Piero Manzoni Brice Marden Bruce McLean Mario Merz Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Claes Oldenburg Yoko Ono Pino Pascali Barry Flanagan Dan Flavin Lucio Fontana Piero Gilardi Eva Hesse Joseph Kosuth Jannis Kounellis Barbara Kruger Richard Prince On Kawara Jo Ann Kaplan Rem Koolhaas Robert Filliou Robert Barry Alighiero Boetti Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Joseph Beuys Hanne Darboven Maria Eichhorn Jan Dibbets Marcel Duchamp Lynda Benglis John Baldessari Bernd and Hilla Becher Gilbert & George László Moholy-Nagy Michelangelo Pistoletto Valiz / Amsterdam Theory / Essay Curatorial Conceptual Art Arte Povera Fluxus Dada Minimal Art Group Shows / Collections

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Aktionismus, Body Art und Performance 1949-1979

1998, German
Hardcover, 366 pages, 22.5 x 31 cm
1st German edition, Out of print title / used / very good,
Published by Hatje Cantz / Berlin

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The long out-of-print heavyweight "Out of Actions" book (First German hardcover edition) that was published to accompany the spectacular 1998 Paul Schimmel-curated travelling exhibition. "Out of Actions" surveyed the broad international history and influence of post-war Performance Art, and the objects that exist today as its documentation. It features significant texts by Schimmel, Kristine Stiles, Guy Brett, Hubert Klocker, Shinichiro Osaki, Leslie King-Hammond and Lowery Stokes Sims, and Keiko Okamura.
This important and heavily researched document is lavishly illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, capturing the work and actions of the artists featured in the exhibition and essays: Marina Abramovic, Marina Abramovic and Ulay, Vito Acconci, Genpei Akasegawa, Laurie Anderson, Eleanor Antin, Rasheed Arseen, Mowry Baden, Artur Barrio, Joseph Beuys, Mark Boyle and Joan Hills, George Brecht, Stuart Brisley, Robert Delford Brown, Gunter Brus, Chris Burden, James Lee Byars, John Cage, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Lygia Clark, Pinchas Cohen Gan, Collective Action Group, Houston Conwill, Paul Cotton, COUM Transmissions, Guy de Cointet, Jim Dine, John Duncan, Felipe Ehrenberg, Roberto Evangelista, Valie Export, Robert Filliou, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Sherman Fleming, Lucio Fontana, Terry Fox, Howard Fried, Gideon Gechtman, Gilbert & George, Alberto Greco, Ion Grigorescu, Victor Grippo, Red Grooms, Guerrilla Art Action Group, David Hammons, Al Hansen, Maren Hassinger, Lynn Hershman, Dick Higgins, Tatsumi Hijikata, Susan Hiller, Rebecca Horn, Tehching Hsieh, Joan Jonas, Kim Jones, Michel Journiac, Akira Kanayama, Tadeusz Kantor, Allan Kaprow, Mike Kelley, Juergen Klauke, Yves Klein, Milan Knizak, Alison Knowles, Komar & Melamid, Jannis Kounellis, Shigeko Kubota, Tetsumi Kudo, Yayoi Kusama, Leslie Labowitz, Suzanne Lacy, John Latham, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Lea Lublin, George Maciunas, Leopoldo Maier, Piero Manzoni, Tom Marioni, Georges Mathieu, Gordon Matta-Clark, Paul McCarthy, Bruce McLean, David Medalla, Cildo Meireles, Ana Mendieta, Gustav Metzger, Marta Minujin, Jan Micoch, Linda Montano, Robert Morris, Otto Muehl, Saburo Murakami, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Bruce Nauman, Paul Neagu, Senga Nengudi, Joshua Neustein, Hermann Nitsch, Helio Oiticica, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Orlan, Raphael Montanez Ortiz, Lorenzo Pace, Nam June Paik, Gina Pane, Lygia Pape, Giuseppe Pinot Gallizio, Adrian Piper, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Jackson Pollock, William Pope L., Robert Rauschenberg, Carlyle Reedy, Klaus Rinke, Ulrike Rosenbach, Dieter Roth, Zorka Saglova, Niki de Saint Phalle, Alfons Schilling, Tomas Schmit, Carolee Schneemann, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Bonnie Sherk, Shozo Shimamoto, Ushio Shinohara, Kazuo Shiraga, Barbara T. Smith, Daniel Spoerri, Petr Stembera, Wolfgang Stoerchle, Jiro Takamatsu, Atsuko Tanaka, Mark Thompson, Jean Tinguely, Rasa Todosijevic, Kerry Trengove, Ulay, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Franz Erhard Walther, Peter Weibel, Franz West, Hannah Wilke, Emmett Williams, and Zaj.
Scarce first German edition, published by Hatje Cantz.

File under: Niki de Saint-Phalle Cosey Fanni Tutti Vito Acconci Genpei Akasegawa Laurie Anderson Eleanor Antin Rasheed Arseen Mowry Baden Artur Barrio Joseph Beuys Mark Boyle Joan Hills George Brecht Stuart Brisley Robert Delford Brown Chris Burden James Lee Byars John Cage Marc Camille Chaimowicz Lygia Clark Pinchas Cohen Gan Collective Action Group Houston Conwill Paul Cotton COUM Transmissions Guy de Cointet Jim Dine John Duncan Felipe Ehrenberg Roberto Evangelista Valie Export Robert Filliou Rose Finn-Kelcey Sherman Fleming Lucio Fontana Terry Fox Howard Fried Gideon Gechtman Alberto Greco Ion Grigorescu Victor Grippo Red Grooms Guerrilla Art Action Group David Hammons Al Hansen Maren Hassinger Lynn Hershman Dick Higgins Tatsumi Hijikata Susan Hiller Rebecca Horn Tehching Hsieh Joan Jonas Kim Jones Michel Journiac Akira Kanayama Tadeusz Kantor Allan Kaprow Mike Kelley Yves Klein Milan Knizak Alison Knowles Komar & Melamid Jannis Kounellis Shigeko Kubota Tetsumi Kudo Yayoi Kusama Leslie Labowitz Suzanne Lacy John Latham Jean-Jacques Lebel Lea Lublin George Maciunas Leopoldo Maier Piero Manzoni Tom Marioni Georges Mathieu Gordon Matta-Clark Paul McCarthy Bruce McLean David Medalla Cildo Meireles Ana Mendieta Gustav Metzger Jan Micoch Linda Montano Robert Morris Otto Muehl Saburo Murakami Natsuyuki Nakanishi Bruce Nauman Paul Neagu Senga Nengudi Joshua Neustein Hermann Nitsch Claes Oldenburg Yoko Ono Orlan Raphael Montanez Ortiz Lorenzo Pace Nam June Paik Gina Pane Lygia Pape Giuseppe Pinot Gallizio Adrian Piper Michelangelo Pistoletto Jackson Pollock William Pope L. Robert Rauschenberg Carlyle Reedy Klaus Rinke Ulrike Rosenbach Dieter Roth Zorka Saglova Alfons Schilling Tomas Schmit Carolee Schneemann Rudolf Schwarzkogler Bonnie Sherk Shozo Shimamoto Ushio Shinohara Kazuo Shiraga Barbara T. Smith Daniel Spoerri Petr Stembera Wolfgang Stoerchle Jiro Takamatsu Atsuko Tanaka Mark Thompson Jean Tinguely Rasa Todosijevic Kerry Trengove Ulay Ben Vautier Wolf Vostell Franz Erhard Walther Peter Weibel Franz West Hannah Wilke Emmett Williams Zaj Marina Abramovič Günter Brus Gilbert & George Jürgen Klauke Marta Minujín Hélio Oiticica Paul Schimmel Kristine Stiles Guy Brett Hubert Klocker Shinichiro Osaki Leslie King-Hammond Lowery Stokes Sims Keiko Okamura Hatje Cantz / Berlin Performance / Dance / Theater Sculpture / Installation Painting Arte Povera Minimal Art Feminism Art Dada Film / Video Fluxus Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Pop Art Sound / Music Photography Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic

Art & Project Bulletins 1 - 156
September 1968 - November 1989

2011, English
Softcover, 84 pages, 22.5 x 22.5 cm
Edition of 1000,
Published by Cabinet Gallery / London Christophe Daviet-Thery / Paris

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From the earliest days in 1968 when the bulletin appeared Under the title of "Architectural Research" the Small statement printed on the bottom of the front page rings out with the spirit of its time : "art & project plans to bring you together with the ideas of artists, architects and technicians to discover an intelligent form for your living and working space. Art & project invites you to participate in its exhibitions which will explore ways in which art, architecture and technology can combine with you own ideas."

From Daniel Buren's transparent bulletin to Sol Lewitt's beautiful bulletin folded into 48 small squares, from Bas Jan Ader's final bulletin mailed during his last work in which he died to Gilbert & George's fragile double portrait, these issues are a unique moving international artwork that stands apart from anything else in this period in its breath of artists included and quality of original work involved. It is increasingly included in exhibitions concerned with Conceptual Art and its influences. The complete set is of prime interest to major private collectors and museums and libraries concerned with the artists involved with the bulletins. These 156 issues encapsulate an era.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at Cabinet Gallery, London, October 17 - December 23, 2011; & Christophe Daviet-Thery Livres et éditions d'artistes, Paris, October 27 - December 23, 2011.
Text by Clive Phillpot.
Interview between Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Tin Geerts.
Edited by Louise Riley-Smith.
Designed by Jérome Saint-Loubert Bié.

Documents the 156 Art & Project Bulletins published between 1968 and 1989 produced by artists: Charlotte Posenenske, CCC / Jan Slothouber / William Graatsma, Gruppe X, Willy Orskov, Paul Schuitema, Aldo van den Nieuwelaar, Ad Dekkers, Gianfredo Camesi, Ed Sommer, Stanley Brouwn, Jan Dibbets, Bernd Lohaus, Lawrence Weiner, Rainer Giese, W. Knoebel, Joseph Kosuth, Peter Struycken, Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, Ger van Elk, Gilbert & George, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Douglas Huebler, Keith Arnatt, Daniel Buren, Emmy van Leersum, Gijs Bakker, Hideto Yamazaki, Mel Bochner, Hanne Darboven, Boezem, Ian Wilson, John Baldessari, Bas Jan Ader, David Askevold, Willem Breuker, William Leavitt, Alighiero Boetti, Marcel Broodthaers, Naomi Spector, Robert Ryman, Carl Andre, Ulrich Rückriem, Stephen Rosenthal, Martin Maloney, Richard Long, Roy Colmer, David Tremlett, Stephen Antonakos, Alan Charlton, Carel Visser, Barry Flanagan, Allen Ruppersberg, Francesco Clemente, Hamish Fulton, Daan van Golden, Mimmo Paladino, Sandro Chia, Jaap Berghuis, Andrew Lord, Nicholas Pope, Salvo, Bruce McLean, Toon Verhoef, Enzo Cucchi, Joris Geurts, Emo Verkerk, Narcisse Tordoir, Tomas Rajlich, Adam Colton, Tony Cragg, Jan Commandeur, David Robilliard, Zadok Ben-David, Didier Vermeiren, Leo Vroegindeweji, Han Schuil, Ab van Hanegem.

File under: Ab van Hanegem Ad Dekkers Adam Colton Alan Charlton Aldo van den Nieuwelaar Alighiero Boetti Allen Ruppersberg Andrew Lord Barry Flanagan Bas Jan Ader Bernd Lohaus Boezem Bruce McLean Carel Visser Carl Andre Charlotte Posenenske Daan van Golden Daniel Buren David Askevold David Robilliard David Tremlett Didier Vermeiren Douglas Huebler Ed Sommer Emmy van Leersum Emo Verkerk Enzo Cucchi Francesco Clemente Ger van Elk Gianfredo Camesi Gijs Bakker Gruppe X Hamish Fulton Han Schuil Hanne Darboven Hideto Yamazaki Ian Wilson Jaap Berghuis Jan Commandeur Jan Dibbets John Baldessari Joris Geurts Joseph Kosuth Keith Arnatt Lawrence Weiner Leo Vroegindeweji Marcel Broodthaers Martin Maloney Mel Bochner Mimmo Paladino Naomi Spector Narcisse Tordoir Nicholas Pope Paul Schuitema Peter Struycken Rainer Giese Richard Long Robert Barry Robert Ryman Roy Colmer Sandro Chia Sol Lewitt Stanley Brouwn Stephen Antonakos Stephen Rosenthal Tomas Rajlich Tony Cragg Toon Verhoef Ulrich Rückriem W. Knoebel Willem Breuker William Leavitt Willy Orskov Yutaka Matsuzawa Zadok Ben-David Gilbert & George Adriaan van Ravesteijn Clive Phillpot Tin Geerts Cabinet Gallery / London Christophe Daviet-Thery / Paris Art

4,492,040
Lucy Lippard (1969-1974)

2013, English
460 individual cards in wrapper, 15.25 × 10.15 cm
Published by New Documents / New York

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Between 1969 and 1974, the influential curator Lucy Lippard (born 1937) curated four decisive Conceptual art exhibitions, and in doing so reinvented the exhibition catalogue. 4,492,040 is a facsimile reprint of the extremely scarce and hugely important catalogues produced for these hugely important “numbers shows” - 557,087 (the Seattle Art Museum), 955,000 (the Vancouver Art Gallery), 7,500 (the California Institute of Art) and 2,972,453 (the Centro de Arte y Comunicación). Titled after the populations of the cities in which the shows were held, each catalogue was an envelope of loose note cards containing statements, documentation and conceptual works by each artist, to be rearranged, filed or discarded at will. If Lippard described Conceptual art as the dematerialization of the art object, these catalogues effectively announced the dematerialization of the art exhibition. (One reviewer claimed Lippard had been the artist, and that her medium had been other artists.) 4,492,040 includes such iconic figures as Vito Acconci, Carl Andre, Siah Armajani, Terry Atkinson, John Baldessari, Michael Baldwin, Robert Barry, Rick Barthelme, Daniel Buren, Rosemarie Castoro, Hanne Darboven, Walter de Maria, Jan Dibbets, Christos Dikeakos, Eleanor Antin, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Eva Hesse, Douglas Huebler, On Kawara, Edward Kienholz Sol LeWitt, Roelof Louw, Duane Lundon, Bruce McLean, Robert Morris, N.E. Thing Co., Bruce Nauman, Adrian Piper, Allen Ruppersberg, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Jeff Wall and Lawrence Weiner.

File under: Adrian Piper Allen Ruppersberg Bruce McLean Bruce Nauman Carl Andre Christos Dikeakos Dan Graham Daniel Buren Douglas Huebler Duane Lundon Ed Ruscha Edward Kienholz Eleanor Antin Eva Hesse Hanne Darboven Hans Haacke Jan Dibbets Jeff Wall John Baldessari Lawrence Weiner Michael Baldwin On Kawara Richard Serra Rick Barthelme Robert Barry Robert Morris Robert Smithson Roelof Louw Rosemarie Castoro Siah Armajani Sol Lewitt Terry Atkinson Vito Acconci Walter de Maria Jeff Khonsary Lucy R. Lippard New Documents / New York Art Objects / Ephemera / A/V Photography Theory / Essay Curatorial Conceptual Art Group Shows / Collections