World Food Books

Documenta IX
COMPLETE 3 VOLUME BOXSET, HARDCOVER ED.

1992, German / English
Hardcover (in original slipcase), Vol. 1 : 255 pages; Vol. 2 : 310 pages; Vol. 3 : 619 pages, 18.5 x 27 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Hatje Cantz / Berlin

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Hardcover edition, three volume exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany, June 13 - September 9, 1992.

Documenta 9 is remembered as one of the most popular of all documenta exhibitions, thanks not least of all to the influence of its artistic director, the charismatic Belgian curator Jan Hoet. Hoet wanted to make the human being and our sensual, perceptual, agonized corporeality, which had been progressively displaced by the digitized, virtual world, the focus of attention at his exhibition. “From body to body to bodies” was the meaningful, poetic motto of documenta 9. Hoet described his curatorial mission in the following words: “At a time in which the human race is confronted more than ever with such dangers as AIDS and multinational wars, nuclear catastrophes, and global climate disasters, at a time in which threats are growing increasingly abstract and the fears more and more diffuse, I see reflection on the physical conditions of life as an appropriate answer.”

Texts by Jan Hoet, Denys Zacharopoulos, Bart de Baere, Pier Luigi Tazzi, Claudia Herstatt, Joyce Carol Oates, Jacques Roubaud, Cornelius Castoriadis, Heiner Müller, Paul Robbrecht, Hilde Daem.

Artists include Marina Abramovic, Absalon, Richard Artschwager, Francis Bacon, Marco Bagnoli, Nicos Baikas, Miroslaw Balka, Matthew Barney, Jerry Barr, Lothar Baumgarten, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Joseph Beuys, Michael Biberstein, Guillaume Bijl, Dara Birnbaum, Jonathan Borofsky, Louise Bourgeois, Herbert Brandl, Ricardo Brey, Tony Brown, Marie José Burki, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Michael Buthe, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Waltercio Caldas, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Ernst Caramelle, Lawrence Carroll, Saint Clair Cemin, Tomasz Ciecierski, Tony Clark, James Coleman, Tony Conrad, Patrick Corillon, Damian, Richard Deacon, Thierry De Cordier, Silvie Defraoui & Chérif Defraoui, Raoul De Keyser, Wim Delvoye, Braco Dimitrijevic, Eugenio Dittborn, Helmut Dorner, Stan Douglas, Marlene Dumas, Jimmie Durham, Mo Edoga, Jan Fabre, Luciano Fabro, Belu-Simion Fainaru, Peter Fend, Rose Finn-Kelcey, FLATZ, Fortuyn/O'Brien, Günther Förg, Erik A.Frandsen, Michel François, Vera Frenkel, Katsura Funakoshi, Isa Genzken, Gaylen Gerber, Robert Gober, Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Angela Grauerholz, Michael Gross, George Hadjimichalis, David Hammons, Georg Herold, Gary Hill, Peter Hopkins, Rebecca Horn, Geoffrey James, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Tim Johnson, Andrej N. Joukov, Ilya Kabakov, Anish Kapoor, Kazuo Katase, Tadashi Kawamata, Mike Kelley, Ellsworth Kelly, Bhupen Khakhar, Per Kirkeby, Harald Klingelhöller, Kurt Kocherscheidt, Peter Kogler, Vladimir Kokolia, Joseph Kosuth, Mariusz Kruk, Guillermo Kuitca, Suzanne Lafont, Jonathan Lasker, Jac Leirner, Zoe Leonard, Eugène Leroy, Via Lewandowsky, Bernd Lohaus, Ingeborg Lüscher, Attila Richard Lukacs, James Lutes, Marcel Maeyer, Brice Marden, Cildo Meireles, Ulrich Meister, Thom Merrick, Gerhard Merz, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Meuser, Jürgen Meyer, Liliana Moro, Reinhard Mucha, Matt Mullican, Juan Muñoz, Christa Näher, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Bruce Nauman, Max Neuhaus, Pekka Nevalainen, Nic Nicosia, Moshe Ninio, Jussi Niva, Cady Noland, Manuel Ocampo, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Tony Oursler, Panamarenko, Giulio Paolini, A. R. Penck, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Hermann Pitz, Stephen Prina, Richard Prince, Martin Puryear, Royden Rabinowitch, Rober Racine, Philip Rantzer, Charles Ray, Martial Raysse, readymades belong to everyone, José Resende, Gerhard Richter, Ulf Rollof, Erika Rothenberg, Susan Rothenberg, Ulrich Rückriem, Thomas Ruff, Stephan Runge, Edward Ruscha, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Remo Salvadori, Joe Scanlan, Eran Schaerf, Adrian Schiess, Thomas Schütte, Helmut Schweizer, Maria Serebriakova, Mariella Simoni, Susana Solano, Ousmane Sow, Ettore Spalletti, Haim Steinbach, Pat Steir, Wolfgang Strack, Thomas Struth, János Sugár, Yuji Takeoka, Robert Therrien, Frederic Matys Thursz, Niele Toroni, Thanassis Totsikas, Addo Lodovico Trinci, Mitja Tušek, Luc Tuymans, Micha Ullman, Juan Uslé, Bill Viola, Henk Visch, James Welling, Franz West, Rachel Whiteread, Christopher Wool, KeunByung Yook, Heimo Zobernig, Gilberto Zorio, and Constantin Zvezdochotov.

Very Good condition volumes in hardcover (much less common edition than usual softcover), preserved in their original illustrated slipcase (with common repaired splitting and bumping damage).

File under: Absalon Richard Artschwager Francis Bacon Marco Bagnoli Nicos Baikas Miroslaw Balka Matthew Barney Jerry Barr Lothar Baumgarten Jean-Pierre Bertrand Joseph Beuys Michael Biberstein Guillaume Bijl Dara Birnbaum Jonathan Borofsky Louise Bourgeois Herbert Brandl Ricardo Brey Tony Brown Marie José Burki Jean-Marc Bustamante Michael Buthe Pedro Cabrita Reis Waltercio Caldas Pier Paolo Calzolari Ernst Caramelle Lawrence Carroll Saint Clair Cemin Tomasz Ciecierski Tony Clark James Coleman Tony Conrad Patrick Corillon Damian Richard Deacon Thierry De Cordier Silvie Defraoui & Chérif Defraoui Raoul De Keyser Wim Delvoye Braco Dimitrijevic Eugenio Dittborn Helmut Dorner Stan Douglas Marlene Dumas Jimmie Durham Mo Edoga Jan Fabre Luciano Fabro Belu-Simion Fainaru Peter Fend Rose Finn-Kelcey Fortuyn/O'Brien Günther Förg Erik A.Frandsen Michel François Vera Frenkel Katsura Funakoshi Isa Genzken Gaylen Gerber Robert Gober Dan Graham Rodney Graham Angela Grauerholz Michael Gross George Hadjimichalis David Hammons Georg Herold Gary Hill Peter Hopkins Rebecca Horn Geoffrey James Olav Christopher Jenssen Tim Johnson Andrej N. Joukov Ilya Kabakov Anish Kapoor Kazuo Katase Tadashi Kawamata Mike Kelley Ellsworth Kelly Bhupen Khakhar Per Kirkeby Harald Klingelhöller Kurt Kocherscheidt Peter Kogler Vladimir Kokolia Joseph Kosuth Mariusz Kruk Guillermo Kuitca Suzanne Lafont Jonathan Lasker Jac Leirner Zoe Leonard Eugène Leroy Via Lewandowsky Bernd Lohaus Ingeborg Lüscher Attila Richard Lukacs James Lutes Marcel Maeyer Brice Marden Cildo Meireles Ulrich Meister Thom Merrick Gerhard Merz Mario Merz Marisa Merz Meuser Jürgen Meyer Liliana Moro Reinhard Mucha Matt Mullican Juan Muñoz Christa Näher Hidetoshi Nagasawa Bruce Nauman Max Neuhaus Pekka Nevalainen Nic Nicosia Moshe Ninio Jussi Niva Cady Noland Manuel Ocampo Jean-Michel Othoniel Tony Oursler Panamarenko Giulio Paolini Michelangelo Pistoletto Hermann Pitz Stephen Prina Richard Prince Martin Puryear Royden Rabinowitch Rober Racine Philip Rantzer Charles Ray Martial Raysse readymades belong to everyone José Resende Gerhard Richter Ulf Rollof Erika Rothenberg Susan Rothenberg Ulrich Rückriem Thomas Ruff Stephan Runge Edward Ruscha Reiner Ruthenbeck Remo Salvadori Joe Scanlan Eran Schaerf Adrian Schiess Thomas Schütte Helmut Schweizer Maria Serebriakova Mariella Simoni Susana Solano Ousmane Sow Ettore Spalletti Haim Steinbach Pat Steir Wolfgang Strack Thomas Struth János Sugár Yuji Takeoka Robert Therrien Frederic Matys Thursz Niele Toroni Thanassis Totsikas Addo Lodovico Trinci Mitja Tušek Luc Tuymans Micha Ullman Juan Uslé Bill Viola Henk Visch James Welling Franz West Rachel Whiteread Christopher Wool KeunByung Yook Heimo Zobernig Gilberto Zorio Constantin Zvezdochotov FLATZ Marina Abramovič A.R. Penck Hatje Cantz / Berlin Art Sculpture / Installation Performance / Dance / Theater Film / Video Sound / Music Theory / Essay Curatorial Out-of-print / Rare Conceptual Art Feminism Arte Povera Group Shows / Collections Australian Art

Sandra Bridie
b. 19--, Eight Fictions

2018, English
Softcover, 200 pages, 21 x 15 cm
Published by Self-Published / Melbourne

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In Sandra Bridie b. 19--, Eight Fictions, artist Sandra Bridie presents eight fictional artists who bear her own name, but with different birthdates, imagined into the Melbourne art landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries. The artists are presented via interviews and documentation of their artwork. The oeuvres of the eight artists represented here include: photography, conceptual art, sculpture, performance, crafting, curatorship and text-based work. The artists range in age and ability from emerging artists to a grand dame of Melbourne abstract art. By presenting often tragi-comic characters who have to deal with good fortune, destiny, disaster, boredom, malaise, envy, distractions and lack of faith, Sandra hopes to present the artist as a recognisable creature in a familiar locale or milieu.

Self published and designed by Yanni Florence.

File under: Yanni Florence Sandra Bridie Self-Published / Melbourne Australian Art Performance / Dance / Theater Photography Conceptual Art Curatorial Art

Spencer Lai
Actor (Snouts)

2018, English
Softcover (acetate cover, staple-bound), 18 pages, 21 x 29.7 cm
Published by Diane Incorporated / Melbourne

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New artist publication by Spencer Lai, "Actor (Snouts)" combines collected texts, reference images and documentation of Lai's artworks, and is published in an open edition by Diane Incorporated, Melbourne, 2018.

Spencer Lai is a Melbourne-based artist, who's work spans sculpture, video, installation, textiles, performance, and the collaborative project Monica’s Gallery with writer/curator Jake Swinson.

File under: Spencer Lai Diane Incorporated / Melbourne Art Sculpture / Installation Australian Art Fiction / Poetry

David Noonan
A Dark and Quiet Place

2018, English
Softcover, 224 pages, 240mm x 300mm
Published by common-editions / London

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A Dark and Quiet Place accompanies a new moving image work of the same name by Australian artist, David Noonan. Both the film and this artist’s book present a meditation on performance, its associated apparatus, and the physical and imaginary domains they inhabit.

That this is Noonan’s first film work in over a decade is significant, as his practice since has frequently referenced both the material qualities of film and projection, and an ongoing interest in the slippages between figuration and pure abstraction.

For the book, the artist has worked closely with award-winning design studio A Practice for Everyday Life to disassemble the film work back into a rhythmic sequence of still images, employing both the language of design and Noonan’s characteristic strategies of layering and manipulation.

More than a series of film stills, the images that make up this book acquire their own intrinsic quality, proposing new spatial configurations and performative actions.

In response to the work, renowned author Brian Dillon presents a piece of fiction at once speculative and rigorously rational, in which geometric shapes become performers, diagrammatic grids become complex stage sets, and the supremacy of the body is thrown into doubt.

Noonan has had major solo shows at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2009), Chisenhale Gallery, London (2008), and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2007).

File under: David Noonan Brian Dillon common-editions / London Art Film / Video Australian Art Performance / Dance / Theater

Free Music Machines Drawings
by Percy Grainger

2018, English
Hardcover, 72 pages, 30 x 22.5 cm
Ed. of 300,
Published by Coracle / Ireland

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Published in an edition of only 300 copies, this hardcover book contains all the drawings by Percy Grainger for the Free Music Machines he developed with Burnett Cross towards the end of his musical life. They were mostly drawn between 1951 and 1953.

This is the first time many of these drawings have been seen, and their improvisational notation and sense of invention make them of recurrent interest to both composers, writers and artists working in wider fields.

At the same time the book attempts to be the album in which to present them, and in which they can be viewed at a suitably large and readable scale.

The book and drawings are introduced by an authoritative contextual essay by musicologist Wilfred Mellers written for this publication.

File under: Percy Grainger Wilfred Mellers Coracle / Ireland Art Sound / Music Drawing Australian Art Sculpture / Installation

Working Art : A Survey of Art in the Australian Labour Movement in the 1980's
Curated by Ian Burn

1985, English
Softcover, 96 pages, 30 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales / Sydney

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Very scarce catalogue and unique valuable resource published to accompany the exhibition "Working Art: A Survey of Art in The Australian Labour Movement in The 1980's", curated by Australian conceptual artist, curator and writer Ian Burn for the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1985. Designed by Michael Davies of the Art Workers Union (AWU), this heavily illustrated (in colour and black and white) catalogue surveys the Banners, Posters, Graphics, Photographs, and Media of the Australian Labour movement during the 1980's, as well as a detailed "Historical Sketch" written and compiled by Ian Burn and Sandy Kirby that illustrates the rich history of the Arts in Australian unionism and communities. Alongside the many exhibited prints and textiles, there is photo documentation throughout of marches, performances, artist's at work, historical exhibitions, plus reproductions of newsletters, newspapers, cartoons, announcements, along with further accompanying introductory texts and a bibliography.

Includes inserted Trade Union Information Kit "Art and Working Life : The Victorian Trades Hall Council Arts Workshop" booklet that takes an illustrated look at the activities of the VTHC Workshop in the 1980s. A perfect accompaniment to this catalogue. Also, errata slip enclosed from the NSW catalogue.

Ian Burn (1939-1993) was an Australian conceptual artist, curator and writer who spent the first part of his career working in London and New York. It was here that he began working with Art & Language, a collaborative group who produced the publication Art-Language and whose members included artists Roger Cutforth, Joseph Kosuth and Mel Ramsden. Returning to Australia in 1977 Burn became involved in the Art Workers Union (AWU), a political and social platform that championed artists’ rights and helped change the landscape and expectations under which artists worked in Australia. From 1980 onwards, together with artist and social activist Ian Millis, he worked on a number of initiatives to further the cause of the labour movement, including Union Media Services and the Art and Working Life program. Burn died by accidental drowning in 1993.

A great copy of an important resource on Australia's cultural, industrial and political history, and also an important publication by Ian Burn.
Light general reading/handling creasing to oblong pages, otherwise tight and clean throughout. Previous owner's name penned to title page.

File under: Ian Burn Ian Burn Cliff Dolan Sandy Kirby Art Gallery of New South Wales / Sydney Art Theory / Essay Feminism Curatorial Out-of-print / Rare Australian Art Graphic Design / Typography Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Counterculture Group Shows / Collections Textiles

The Australian Artist
Volume One, Part Two: Personality in Art

1947, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 24.5 x 18.5 cm, 64 pages
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Victorian Artists Society / Melbourne

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The Australian Artist was founded in 1947 by Richard Haughton James, aka Jimmy James, a legendary figure in the history of Australian design and art, and published quarterly by The Victorian Artists Society in East Melbourne. It was available for three shillings and sixpence.

This issue (Volume One, Part Two: Personality in Art) is filled with articles such as "The Anatomy of Vulgarity" by Clive Turnbull; "Art and Sanity" by Alice Barber; "Sculpture Shown at The Victorian Artists Society"; "The Art of Children" by Frances Derham; and a feature on Pablo Picasso by Paul Haefleiger, alongside many other commentaries, illustrations (Pablo Picasso, Jacques Lipchitz, Rembrandt, Rodin, Georges Rouault, Cassandre, Aubrey Beardsley, Honoré Daumier, etc.) advice, "Food for Thought" and advertisements from late 1940s Melbourne.

General age wear, foxing and tanning to book edges and corners, otherwise bright and clean throughout.

File under: Pablo Picasso Jacques Lipchitz Rembrandt Rodin Georges Rouault Cassandre Aubrey Beardsley Honoré Daumier Richard Haughton James Alice Barber Clive Turnbull Paul Haefleiger Victorian Artists Society / Melbourne Australian Art Drawing Painting Sculpture / Installation Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals

The Australian Artist
Vol. 1 Part 3

1947, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 24.5 x 18.5 cm, 60 pages
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Victorian Artists Society / Melbourne

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The Australian Artist was founded in 1947 by Richard Haughton James, aka Jimmy James, a legendary figure in the history of Australian design and art, and published quarterly by The Victorian Artists Society in East Melbourne. It was available for three shillings and sixpence.

This issue (Volume One, Part Three: What is Art Worth?) is filled with articles such as editorial texts "What Is Art Worth?", "What Is Art Training Worth?", "Why be a Sculptor", "The Fact About The Commercial Artist", "The Teaching of Arts in Victorian Schools", a feature on Henry Moore by Douglas Glass; Tom Roberts in retrospect; "Wood Engravings" by Imrie Reiner, alongside many other commentaries, illustrations (Albrecht Durer, Douglas Annand, Pierre Bonnard, George Grosz, Erwin Fabian, Georges Roualt, Henry Moore, Tom Roberts, Russell Drysdale, etc.), advice, "Food for Thought" and advertisements from late 1940s Melbourne.

General age wear, foxing and tanning to book edges and corners, otherwise bright and clean

File under: Albrecht Durer Douglas Annand Pierre Bonnard George Grosz Erwin Fabian Georges Roualt Henry Moore Tom Roberts Russell Drysdale Douglas Glass Richard Haughton James Victorian Artists Society / Melbourne Australian Art Drawing Painting Sculpture / Installation Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals

Aspects of Sensibility
The Artist Craftsman in Australia

1972, English
Hardcover, 160 pages, 29 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Jack Pollard / NSW

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First edition of the great hardcover 1972 book art directed and designed by textile artist-designer Fay Bottrell.

'Aspects of Sensibility' profiles 38 prominent designers, studio potters, textile artists, weavers, decorative artists, working in Australia in the 1960s and early '70s through full-bleed landscape spreads of photography by Wesley Stacey, capturing their working environments, details of their work and studios, and text reflections of these artists on their work.
Features Graham Bennett, Lillian Bosch, Douglas Annand, Sandra Leveson, Ken Leveson, Ian Sprague, Kat Bish, Bruce Arthur, Bernard Sahm, Janet Brereton, Kevin Brereton, Jutta Feddersen, Les Blakebrough, Rosalie Gascoigne, Elizabeth Vercoe, Albert Steen, Fay Bottrell, Pru Medlin, Mirka Mora, Peter Travis, Marea Gazzard, Helge Larsen, Darani Lewers, Milton Moon, Isabel Davies, Joan Campbell, Peter Rushforth, Mona Hessing, Hiroe Swen, John Mason, Ewa Pachucka, Victor Greenaway, Heather Dorrough, John Gilbert, Verlie Just, Silver Harris, Col Levy, Vivienne Pengilley, Weatherhead and Stitt.

A very unique and personal book reflecting on the lives of Australian artists and designers working in the early 1970s.

Very good copy, light wear, without dust-jacket.

File under: Albert Steen Bernard Sahm Bruce Arthur Col Levy Darani Lewers Douglas Annand Elizabeth Vercoe Ewa Pachucka Fay Bottrell Graham Bennett Heather Dorrough Helge Larsen Hiroe Swen Ian Sprague Isabel Davies Janet Brereton Joan Campbell John Gilbert John Mason Jutta Feddersen Kat Bish Ken Leveson Kevin Brereton Les Blakebrough Lillian Bosch Marea Gazzard Milton Moon Mona Hessing Peter Rushforth Peter Travis Pru Medlin Rosalie Gascoigne Sandra Leveson Silver Harris Verlie Just Victor Greenaway Vivienne Pengilley Weatherhead and Stitt Mirka Mora Jack Pollard / NSW Art Australian Art Ceramics / Glass Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Out-of-print / Rare Painting Textiles Furniture Sculpture / Installation

John Williams
Photography

2018, English
Hardcover, 180 pages, 22 x 24 cm
Published by Lecturis / Eindhoven

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This is the first international monograph of the photographs of John Williams (Sydney 1933 – 2016 Hobart) whose work, outside his own country, remains undiscovered. Inspired to take up photography by “The Family of Man” exhibition which went to Sydney in 1959, Williams was, from the outset, a street photographer in the strict sense: he walked the streets at random, waiting for the right moment to press the button of his already prepared camera. Besides amounting a mass of photographs, he established one of the first photography galleries in Australia and was the first Head of Photography at Sydney College of the Arts.

Edited by Rolf Sachsse

File under: John Williams Lecturis / Eindhoven Photography Australian Art Australian Photography

Mutlu Çerkez
1988–2065

2018, English
Hardcover, 294 pages, 29.5 x 23.5cm
Ed. of 500,
Published by MUMA / Victoria

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Mutlu Çerkez: 1988–2065 is the first major monograph published on the art and life of Mutlu Çerkez, the Turkish Cypriot Australian artist who lived and worked in Melbourne until his untimely death in 2005. This limited edition, deeply researched volume forms a catalogue raisonné of Çerkez's work and was published by MUMA to accompany their phenomenal 2018 survey exhibition of the artist.

Çerkez was an influential artist who, during his lifetime, had a significant impact on the Australian and international art worlds. His work incorporated traditions of conceptual art, minimalism and monochrome painting but made its own internal logic its primary reference point while strenuously resisting a reduction to any single style. Mutlu Çerkez: 1988–2065 brings together the artist’s key remaining works loaned from public and private collections across Australia as well as from the artist’s family.

This accompanying monograph reproduces all the works exhibited alongside newly commissioned essays by Francis Plagne, Max Delany and the exhibition’s curators, Charlotte Day, Helen Hughes and Hannah Mathews, archival texts and essays, an illustrated catalogue raisonné, chronology, biography, bibliography, exhibition history.

Designed by Yanni Florence and published in an edition of only 500 copies.

File under: Mutlu Çerkez Damiano Bertoli Yanni Florence Rose Nolan Helen Hughes Charlotte Day Hannah Mathews Francis Plagne Max Delany Michael Graf Rex Butler MUMA / Victoria Conceptual Art Australian Art Art Painting Film / Video Sculpture / Installation Sound / Music Theory / Essay

LIP 1980

1980, English
Softcover (w. insert), 142 pages, 21 x 29 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by LIP / Melbourne

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The incredible book-sized 1980 edition of Melbourne's great LIP journal. Published out of Carlton between 1976-1984, LIP encapsulated Australian feminist artistic practice of the period, publishing articles and interviews by women on women in film, sound, theatre, painting, photography, poetry, criticism, activism, journalism, publishing, sculpture, design, education, and much more.

In this issue:
Editorial; MEDIA : Heralding Women : A Visual Essay by Lesley Dumbrell, Freda Freiberg and Elizabeth Gower; The Women At Work Kit - a discussion with Judy Munro, Sylvie Shaw and Ponch Hawkes, by Jeannette Fenelon; Shoulder to Shoulder and Up Hill; The Way by Julie Copeland; The Coming Out Show : Five Years On by Julie Rigg; Nancy Dexter : In Her Own Accent by Elizabeth Owen; Fiona McDougall press photographer; Child's Image, Women's Hands by Barbara Hall; ART : Memories of Grace Crowley by Janine Burke, Ian North, Frank and Margel Hinder; "Mothers' Memories, Others' Memories" by Vivienne Binns; The Dinner Party - Introduction by Isabel Davies; Judy Chicago And The Dinner Party by Ailsa O'Connor; 'The Coming Out Show' discusses 'The Dinner Party'. Transcribed and edited by Isabel Davies; The Adelaide Women's Art Movement by Jane Kent and Anne Marsh; Adelaide Women's Performance Month, November 1979; River Murray Project by Bonita Ely; Joy Hester by Janine Burke; Janet Dawson - Painter, interviewed by Lesley Dumbrell; Monday To Monday by Maxienne Foote; Ethel Carrick (Mrs. E. Phillips Fox) by Margaret Rich; The Male Nude, Margaret Walters interviewed by Julie Copeland; Stella Sallman photographs; Don't Believe I'm An Amazon - Ulrike Rosenbach talking with Elizabeth Gower, Margaret Rose and Janine Burke, transcribed by Margaret Rose; Tertiary Visual Arts Education Study and Report by Alison Fraser; Holos - Whole, Graphos - Picture, The Work Of Margaret Benyon by Catherine Peake; Ceramic Sculpture - Maggie May; Artist-Decorated Trams - Statements by Erica McGilchrist and Mirka Mora on the tram design project, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board; THEATRE/PERFORMANCE : At Home - A series of Five Solo Performances by Lyndal Jones (1977-80) documentation by Lyndal Jones and Suzanne Spunner; Beyond Glitter - The Role Of The Female Performer as seen by Robyn Archer in "A Star is Tom" by Suzanne Spunner; Wimmin's Circus by Katie Noad; Jeannie Lewis interviewed by Christine Johnston; Failing In Love by Ruth Maddison; By A Bamboo Blind : Jenny Kemp, writer and director of Sheila Alone interviewed by Suzanne Spunner; Brisbane Womens Theatre Group by Barbara Allen; FILM : The Women's Film In The Post-Haskell Era by Freda Freiberg; Making A Career Of Feminism by Suzanne Spurner; How Will We Learn To Remember Tomorrow? 'A Catalogue of Independent Women's Films' reviewed by Barbara Hall; The Problems Of Pluralism : Women's Films And Feminist Films by Kate Legge; Interview With Norma Disher; Margot Nash & Margot Oliver; Roma 'Just An Ordinary Life' by Jan Macdonald

Insert : Crosswords by Elizabeth Gower
Front Cover : Erica Mc Gilchrist
Back Cover : Mirka Mora
Co-ordinator : Elizabeth Gower

LIP Collective members: Annette Blonski, Janine Burke, Isabel Davies, Suzanne Davies, Lesley Dumbrell, Jeannette Fenelon, Freda Freiberg, Elizabeth Gower, Barbara Hall, Christine Johnston, Elizabeth Owen, Cathy Peake, Suzanne Spunner.

File under: Elizabeth Gower Vivienne Binns Judy Chicago Sue Ford Lesley Dumbrell Ulrike Rosenbach Lyndal Jones Joy Hester Janet Dawson Margaret Benyon Maggie May Erica McGilchrist Ruth Maddison Jeannie Lewis Brisbane Womens Theatre Group Margot Nash Margot Oliver Mirka Mora Bonita Ely Suzanne Spunner Isabel Davies Freda Freiberg Julie Rigg Anne Marsh Kate Legge LIP / Melbourne Feminism Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Australian Art Ceramics / Glass Performance / Dance / Theater Photography Painting Film / Video Eros Sound / Music Theory / Essay Australian Photography

The Field

1968, English
Softcover (French-fold with die-cut), 96 pages, 22 x 30 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) / Victoria

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Rare and very collectable first edition of this iconic catalogue produced in 1968 to accompany "The Field", regarded as a landmark exhibition in Australian art history – a radical showcase of 74 abstract and conceptual, colour field, geometric and hard edge artworks. Influenced by the American origins of abstract art, the exhibition opened to much controversy at the NGV in 1968 with its silver foil-covered walls and geometric light fittings, boldly launching the careers of a generation of young Australian artists it was the first the NGV staged in its new Swanston Street galleries.

Handsomely designed with its wrapped, french-flap, die-cut cover, the book includes profiles on each exhibiting artist in the exhibition, including colour and black and white reproductions of all 72 of the works exhibited.

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary the NGV will restage the exhibition as The Field Revisited, opening in May 2018 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.

Texts by Elwyn Lynn, Patrick McCaughey, Royston Harpur, and an introduction by Brian Finemore (Curator) and John Stringer (Exhibitions Manager).

Artists included: Sydney Ball, Peter Booth, Janet Dawson, Robert Jacks, James Doolin, David Aspden, Tony Bishop, Ian Burn, Gunter Christmann, Tony Coleing, Noel Dunn, Garry Foulkes, Dale Hickey, Michael Johnson, Col Jordan, Michael Kitching, Alun Leach-Jones, Nigel Lendon, Tony McGillick, Clement Meadmore, Michael Nicholson, Harald Noritis, Alan Oldfield, Wendy Paramor, Paul Partos, John Peart, Emanuel Raft, Melvyn Ramsden, R.C. Robertson-Swann, Robert Rooney, Rollin Schlicht, Udo Sellbach, Eric Shirley, Joseph Szabo, Vernon Treweeke, Trevor Vickers, Dick Watkins, John White, Normana Wight.

File under: Alan Oldfield Alun Leach-Jones Clement Meadmore Col Jordan Dale Hickey David Aspden Dick Watkins Emanuel Raft Eric Shirley Garry Foulkes Gunter Christmann Harald Noritis Ian Burn James Doolin Janet Dawson John Peart John White Joseph Szabo Mel Ramsden Michael Johnson Michael Kitching Michael Nicholson Nigel Lendon Noel Dunn Normana Wight Paul Partos Peter Booth Robert Jacks Robert Rooney Rollin Schlicht Sydney Ball Tony Bishop Tony Coleing Tony McGillick Trevor Vickers Udo Sellbach Vernon Treweeke Wendy Paramor Ron Robertson-Swann Brian Finemore Elwyn Lynn John Stringer Patrick McCaughey Royston Harpur NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) / Victoria Art Australian Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections

Art International
Vol. XIV/10 Christmas 1970

1970, English
Softcover, 80 pages, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by James Fitzsimmons / Lugano

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Art International, Vol. XIV/10 Christmas 1970
Published and Edited by James Fitzsimmons

Features: "Letter from Australia", a report on Australian art by Alan McLeod McCulloch (inc. John Davis, Tony Coleing, Ken Reinhard, Max Lyle, Nigel Lendon, Lenton Parr, Asher Bilu, Jan Senbergs, Les Kossatz, Herbert Flugelman, Marc Clark, Jock Clutterbuck, Edwin Tanner, John Brack, Clifton Pugh, Guy Smart, Donald Laycock, Frank Hinder, Fred Williams, and more), Zoran Music, Brian O'Doherty, Michael Steiner, Bernar Venet, Rodolfo Aricò, Edward Burra, Fernando Botero, Francisco Goya, Serge Poliakoff, Aglaé Liberaki, Martial Raysse, Jean Tinguely, Claude Viallat, Supports/Surfaces, Dan Flavin, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Barnett Newman, Karl Wirsum, Larry Poons, Georguia O'Keefe, Carl Andre, Lucas Samaras, Alexander Calder, Richard Long, Alice Neel, Antoni Tàpies, Philip Guston, Edward Kienholz, Phillip King, Keiji Usami, and many more.

Art International was a highly regarded international art journal based in Switzerland from 1957-1984. With international editors and contributing writers, A.I. was issued 10 times per year and was published and edited by James A. Fitzsimmons.

File under: Zoran Music Brian O'Doherty Michael Steiner Bernar Venet Rodolfo Aricò Edward Burra Fernando Botero Francisco Goya Serge Poliakoff Aglaé Liberaki Martial Raysse Jean Tinguely Claude Viallat Supports/Surfaces Dan Flavin Sophie Taeuber-Arp Barnett Newman Karl Wirsum Larry Poons Carl Andre Lucas Samaras Alexander Calder Richard Long Alice Neel Antoni Tàpies Philip Guston Edward Kienholz Phillip King Keiji Usami John Davis Tony Coleing Ken Reinhard Max Lyle Nigel Lendon Lenton Parr Asher Bilu Jan Senbergs Les Kossatz Herbert Flugelman Marc Clark Jock Clutterbuck Edwin Tanner John Brack Clifton Pugh Guy Smart Donald Laycock Frank Hinder Fred Williams Georgia O’Keeffe James Fitzsimmons / Lugano Art Periodicals Sculpture / Installation Painting Drawing Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Australian Art Conceptual Art Pop Art

Art International
Vol. XIV/9 November 1970

1970, English
Softcover, 80 pages, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by James Fitzsimmons / Lugano

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Art International, Vol. XIV/9 November 1970
Published and Edited by James Fitzsimmons
cover: Eugenio Carmi

Features: Henry Moore, Anthony Caro, Aristide Maillol, Clement Meadmore, Lee Bontecou, George Grosz, Hannah Höch, R. B. Kitaj, Kurt Schwitters, Ross Woodman, Harry Soviak, The Israel Museum, James Rosati, Frances Picabia, Raffael Ferrer, Alexander Archipenko, Paolo Soleri, Ralph Goings, Alex Katz, René Magritte, Roberto Matta, Hans Bellmer, Frank Stella, David Aspden, John Armstrong, Gunter Christmann, Ken Reinhard, Jorge Camacho, Tetsumi Kudo, Michael Heizer, Jean-Pierre Raynaud, Pol Bury, Raoul Ubac, Antoni Tàpies, Llyn Foulkes, and many more.

Art International was a highly regarded international art journal based in Switzerland from 1957-1984. With international editors and contributing writers, A.I. was issued 10 times per year and was published and edited by James A. Fitzsimmons.

File under: Henry Moore Anthony Caro Aristide Maillol Clement Meadmore Lee Bontecou George Grosz Hannah Höch Kurt Schwitters Ross Woodman Harry Soviak James Rosati Alexander Archipenko Paolo Soleri Ralph Goings Alex Katz René Magritte Roberto Matta Hans Bellmer Frank Stella David Aspden John Armstrong Gunter Christmann Ken Reinhard Jorge Camacho Tetsumi Kudo Michael Heizer Jean-Pierre Raynaud Pol Bury Raoul Ubac Antoni Tàpies Llyn Foulkes Rafael Ferrer R.B. Kitaj Francis Picabia James Fitzsimmons / Lugano Art Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Painting Drawing Minimal Art Theory / Essay Dada Pop Art Australian Art

Art International
Vol. XIV/4 April 1970

1970, English
Softcover, 80 pages, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by James Fitzsimmons / Lugano

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Art International, Vol. XIV/4 April 1970
Published and Edited by James Fitzsimmons
cover: Paul Wunderlich

Features: "Letter from Australia", a report on Australian art by Alan McLeod McCulloch (inc. Col Jordan, Virginia Jay, Max Lyle, Clement Meadmore, Michael Johnson, Timothy Gibb, Ken Reinhard, Joseph Szabo, Harald Noritis, Gunter Christmann, Herbert Flugelman, Ian Chandler, Jan Senbergs, Emanuel Raft, Peter Clarke, Gordon Walters, Deanna Conti, and many more), Alberto Giacometti, Barbara Hepworth, Takis, Joe Tilson, Marsden Hartley, Conrad Marca-Relli, László Moholy-Nagy, Colin Self, Alvin Loving, Eduardo Chillida, Shusaku Arakawa, Niki de Saint Phalle, Hervé Télémaque, Claes Oldenburg, and many more.

Art International was a highly regarded international art journal based in Switzerland from 1957-1984. With international editors and contributing writers, A.I. was issued 10 times per year and was published and edited by James A. Fitzsimmons.

File under: Paul Wunderlich Col Jordan Virginia Jay Max Lyle Clement Meadmore Michael Johnson Timothy Gibb Ken Reinhard Joseph Szabo Harald Noritis Gunter Christmann Herbert Flugelman Ian Chandler Jan Senbergs Emanuel Raft Peter Clarke Gordon Walters Deanna Conti Alberto Giacometti Barbara Hepworth Takis Joe Tilson Marsden Hartley Conrad Marca-Relli Colin Self Alvin Loving Eduardo Chillida Shusaku Arakawa Niki de Saint Phalle Hervé Télémaque Claes Oldenburg László Moholy-Nagy Alan McLeod McCulloch James Fitzsimmons / Lugano Art Periodicals Sculpture / Installation Painting Drawing Out-of-print / Rare Textiles Australian Art Pop Art Theory / Essay Minimal Art

Art International
Vol. XIV/I January 20, 1970

1970, English
Softcover, 80 pages, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by James Fitzsimmons / Lugano

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Art International, Vol. XIV/I January 20, 1970
Published and Edited by James Fitzsimmons
cover: Ron Robertson-Swann

Features: "Letter from Australia", a report on Australian art by Alan McLeod McCulloch (inc. Ron Robertson-Swann, Herbert Flugelman, Jock Clutterbuck, George Johnson, Stephen Walker, Owen Broughton, Les Kossatz, and more), Kazimir Malevich, Lucio del Pezzo, Christo, Konrad Klapheck, Victor Bonato, Joseph Beuys, Eliseo Mattiacci, Lambert Maria Wintersberger, Lewis Stein, Richerd Serra, Sol LeWitt, Gotthard Graubner, Robert Smithson, James Rosati, Fernando Botero, Robert Motherwell, Georges Yakoulov, Lioubov Popova, David Tremlett, Richard Smith, Guido Biasi, Max Bill, Jean Dubuffet, Helen Frankenthaler, Leon Polk Smith, Deborah Remington, Wassily Kandinsky, Saul Steinberg, Gary Kuehn, Sam Francis, Frank Stella, Karel Appel, and many more.

Art International was a highly regarded international art journal based in Switzerland from 1957-1984. With international editors and contributing writers, A.I. was issued 10 times per year and was published and edited by James A. Fitzsimmons.

File under: Kazimir Malevich Lucio del Pezzo Christo Konrad Klapheck Victor Bonato Joseph Beuys Eliseo Mattiacci Lambert Maria Wintersberger Lewis Stein Richerd Serra Sol LeWitt Gotthard Graubner Robert Smithson James Rosati Fernando Botero Robert Motherwell Georges Yakoulov Lioubov Popova David Tremlett Richard Smith Guido Biasi Max Bill Jean Dubuffet Helen Frankenthaler Leon Polk Smith Deborah Remington Wassily Kandinsky Saul Steinberg Gary Kuehn Sam Francis Frank Stella Karel Appel Ron Robertson-Swann Herbert Flugelman Jock Clutterbuck George Johnson Stephen Walker Owen Broughton Les Kossatz James Fitzsimmons / Lugano Art Periodicals Sculpture / Installation Painting Drawing Out-of-print / Rare Australian Art Minimal Art Theory / Essay Conceptual Art

Irreverent Sculpture

1985, English
Softcover, 72 pages (106 ill.), 19 x 20.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / As New,
Published by MUMA / Victoria

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Wonderful publication to accompany the exhibition "Irreverent Sculpture" curated by Margaret Plant at the Monash University Gallery, 1-30th August, 1985.

The exhibition presented Australian art made during the 1950s and 60s, inopposition to the dominant modes current then in Australia. Many pieces appearing juvenile or primitive, and displaying some form of wit in visual expression, including work of the Sydney group, the 'Annandale Imitation Realists'; Colin Lanceley, Mike Brown, Ross Crothall; Barry Humphries ('First Pan Australasian Dada Exhibition, University Of Melbourne, 1952'), Ti Parks, Clive Murray-White, Aleksander Danko, and Les Kossatz.

File under: Barry Humphries Clive Murray-White Colin Lanceley Les Kossatz Mike Brown Ross Crothall Ti Parks Aleks Danko MUMA / Victoria Art Australian Art Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections Dada Painting Conceptual Art

Mikala Dwyer
Drawing Down The Moon

2015, English
Hardcover (w. dustjacket), 120 pages, 23 x 35 cm
Published by IMA / Brisbane

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For more than 20 years, Mikala Dwyer has pushed the limits of installation, sculpture and performance, establishing herself as one of Australia’s most important contemporary artists.

Dwyer has been exhibiting internationally since 1982, and recent solo exhibitions include: the garden of half-life, University of Sydney Art Gallery, Sydney (2014), Goldene Bend’er, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2013), Drawing Down the Moon, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2012); Costumes and Empty Sculptures, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2008); Moon Garden, Aratoi Museum, Masterton (2008); The Addition and Subtractions and The Hanging Garden, Kunstraum, Potsdam (2007); I Maybe We, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington (2005) and Art Lifts, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2002).

This book surveys Dwyer's dabblings in the occult, focussing on her twenty twelve show Drawing Down the Moon at the IMA.

Essays by Anthony Byrt, Toni Ross, Michael Taussig, and an interview with Robert Leonard

File under: Mikala Dwyer Anthony Byrt Michael Taussig Robert Leonard Toni Ross IMA / Brisbane Art Australian Art Sculpture / Installation Performance / Dance / Theater

Mikala Dwyer
Goldene Bend'er

2013, English
Softcover, 96 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 21 x 21 cm
Published by ACCA / Melbourne

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Catalogue for Mikala Dwyer's exhibition Goldene Bend'er at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.

File under: Mikala Dwyer Juliana Engberg Justin Clemens ACCA / Melbourne Art Australian Art Sculpture / Installation Performance / Dance / Theater

Alex Rizkalla
Praxis

2017, English
Hardback, 268 pages, 21.7 x 29.6 cm
Edition of 500
Published by Julia Davis / Melbourne

$60.00 - Out of stock

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Alex Rizkalla: Praxis is a visual archive of Melbourne artist Alex Rizkalla's early paintings, object based installations, large scale projections, collaborations and artist run projects. It is a visual record of Rizkalla's works from 1989 to 2016 and is the culmination of a dialogue with him before his death in September 2016. Edited by Julie Davies.It contains three new essays; Justin Clemens has written on his last work in 'Language of Illness', Elvis Richardson on his collaborative practice with Julie Davies in 'Fruits of our Labour' and a reflection on the philosophical impetus of his work by Robert Schubert in 'Eulogy/Post Eulogy'. The book also includes 15 past catalogue essays and fragments from several of his exhibitions, including the Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial in Japan. The book is designed by Yanni Florence and Julie Davies. Alex Rizkalla has contributed enormously to the development of contemporary art in Melbourne through his individual and collaborative practices. This book is a valuable chance to reflect on the role that he played within the cultural community.

File under: Alex Rizkalla Julia Davis / Melbourne Art Sculpture / Installation Australian Art

Table

2016, English
Softcover (w. dust jacket), 96 pages, 21 x 26 cm
Published by True Belief / Melbourne

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Table is a Melbourne publication edited by Dell Stewart and published by True Belief, collecting texts, artworks, photography and other contributions from Margaux Williamson, Sarah Weston, Amy Vuleta, Anna Varendorff, Manon Van Kouswijk, Meredith Turnbull, Nat Thomas, Dell Stewart, Tai Snaith, Dylan Martorell, Rachael Hooper, Kelly Fliedner, Nic Dowse, and Adam Cruickshank.

As New, some shelf wear.

File under: Adam Cruickshank Anna Varendorff Dylan Martorell Meredith Turnbull True Belief / Melbourne Art Ceramics / Glass Sculpture / Installation Australian Art SALE

The Secret of Australian Art
by Rex Butler

2002, English
Softcover, 152 pages,
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Craftsman House / St Leonards

$38.00 - Out of stock

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In April 2000, the Australian art critic Rex Butler was invited to present a series of lectures to students and members of the public at Metro Arts, Brisbane. Now out of print, Rex Butler's "The Secret of Australian Art" compiles these lectures, offering insight into what a critic does and introduces issues of interest in contemporary Australian art, such themes as the problem of irony in post-modern art, the relation of art to everyday life and recent post-colonial approaches in Australian art history and Aboriginal art, illustrated with case studies.

Full contents:
Lecture 1. Camp: The rise and fall of the smile; The case of Michael Stevenson
Lecture 2. The Real: 'Every Day', the task of mourning; The case of Dale Frank; The case of Richard Dunn
Lecture 3. Abstraction: The anamorphic monochrome; The case of John Nixon
Lecture 4. The Feminine: Radical revisionism; The case of Merilyn Fairskye
Lecture 5. Post-Colonialism: Australian art history and revisionism; The case of Augustus Earle
Lecture 6. Aboriginality: 'Bright Shadows': art, aboriginality and aura; The case of Kathleen Petyarre.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Professor Rex Butler is an art historian, writer and Professor (Art History & Theory) at Monash University. His research interests include contemporary Australian art and art criticism; Post-war American art; and Postmodernism. Rex Butler is currently editing a collection entitled 'Radical Revisionism' on Australian post-colonial art and two volumes of Slavoj Zizek's selected writings. He is the author six books including, What is Appropriation? (1996); Jean Baudrillard: The Defence of the Real (1999); A Secret History of Australian Art (2002); and Borges' Short Stories: A Reader's Guide (2010).

File under: Ian Burn John Nixon Mikala Dwyer Michael Stevenson Dale Frank Kathleen Petyarre John Aslanidis George Tjungurrayi Emily Kngwarreye Merilyn Fairskye Richard Dunn Beat Streuli Rex Butler Craftsman House / St Leonards Australian Art Art Painting Sculpture / Installation Theory / Essay Minimal Art Conceptual Art

MP Hopkins
Upright in the Field

2017, English
Softcover, 15 x 21 cm
Edition of 100
Published by Ruin Press / Sydney

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Upright in the Field recalls a series of recording events, read as absurdist memories of the artist's negotiations, triumphs and pitfalls of attempting to capture the aural qualities of various environments. Through this series of ascending vignettes, we encounter descriptions of the author’s investigations of a space and time indeterminate – although one that is very much in motion and engaged with the notion of creative ‘work’. The thirty-two pieces that make up the book intermesh all kinds of performance, sounds, measurements and absurd objects, bringing to mind playful elements of Fluxus, Georges Perec, Kenneth Goldsmith and Anne Garetta.

We are forced to consider through the act of reading, the laborious nature of artistic practice in which the moment of creation is often hidden in the ‘final’ work. The finished ‘object’ obscures and negates this experimental practice from the ‘field’, which is often the most fertile and problematic stage of the creative process. Each page comes across as a succinct micro fiction, akin to the narrative structure inherent through Georg Christoph Lichtenberg’s Waste Books or the novellas of Robert Walser.

Considering Hopkins' assorted explorations of word and sound relationships across drawing, video, sound recordings, objects and performance Upright in the Field situates itself as poetic log-book of the research undertaken in these 'laboratory' based disciplines. Reporting from the front line of the artist's memory during the act of production itself, Hopkins engages us with notions of toil, the often ‘placelessness’ of place, labour as creative exertion and the often overlooked banality of the art action.

Upright in the Field is limited to 100 copies.

Ruin Press is an antipodean independent publishing group specialising in weirder fiction, poetry, artist books and critical writing.

File under: MP Hopkins MP Hopkins Ruin Press / Sydney Art Australian Art Fiction / Poetry Sound / Music