World Food Books

Documenta 5
by Harald Szeemann

1972, German / English / French
Vinyl ring-binder (screen printed w. design by E. Ruscha), 650 pages +, 32 x 27 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by documenta / Kassel

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Scarce copy of the only edition of the most elaborately designed, and lowest circulated Documenta catalogue, conceived by curator Harald Szeemann to accompany the fifth edition of Documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany.

Subtitled "100 Days of Inquiry into Reality -- Today's Imagery," curated by the team of Harald Szeemann, Jean-Christophe Ammann and Arnold Bode, Documenta 5 followed a lineage of comprehensive shows documenting conceptually and minimally charged artworks curated by Szeemann including Live in Your Head (Kunsthalle Bern, 1969), and Happenings and Fluxus (Kunstverein, Köln), 1970. The largest, most expensive and most diverse of any exhibition anywhere, Documenta 5 was criticized in 1972 as being “bizarre…vulgar…sadistic” by art critic and essayist Hilton Kramer and “monstrous… overtly deranged” by art historian and art critic Barbara Rose, yet it still resonates today as one of the most important exhibitions in history. Featuring the works of over 170 artists and an equally expansive variety of materials and subjects drawn from popular cultural materials, architecture, science fiction, kitsch objects, film, advertising, children's art, etc. in addition to the more anticipated international survey of new painting and sculpture - Documenta 5 valiantly attempted to bridge the gap between art, culture, science and the broader society. This massive tome is housed in the iconic orange vinyl-covered, two-ring binder screen printed with the famous ant design by Edward Ruscha. The binder holds a tabbed index of illustrated artist's pages and associated texts and material, largely in German, but also many in English. All registers are present apart from the usual missing 19-25 which were not directly integrated into the catalogue and had to be ordered by the visitor separately to become their own contribution. This very complete copy also includes the additional 80 page, hole-punched Documenta 5 guide book, with floor plans, complete listing of exhibited artworks, list of exhibitions, bibliography, and many gallery, museum and other related advertisements. More than a catalogue, this publication is a piece of art history in itself.

Includes artists: Vito Acconci, Vincenzo Agnetti, Peter Alexander, John de Andrea, Giovanni Anselmo, Arbeitszeit, Archigram, Chuck Arnoldi, Art & Language, Richard Artschwager, Michael Ashkin, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Georg Baselitz, Lothar Baumgarten, Robert Bechtle, Gottfried Bechtold, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Karl Oskar Blase, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Christian Boltanski, Claudio Bravo, George Brecht, K.P. Brehmer, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Günter Brus, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Michael Buthe, James Lee Byars, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Castelli, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Chuck Close, Tony Conrad, Ron Cooper, Bill Copley, Joseph Cornell, Robert Cottingham, Paul Cotton, Hanne Darboven, Walter De Maria, David Deutsch, Jan Dibbets, Herbert Distel, Gino de Dominicis, Marcel Duchamp, John Dugger, Don Eddy, Franz Eggenschwiler, Ger van Elk, Richard Estes, Luciano Fabro, John C. Fernie, Robert Filliou, Jud Fine, Joel Fisher, Terry Fox, Howard Fried, Hamish Fulton, Franz Gertsch, Gilbert & George, Ralph Goings, Hubert Gojowczyk, Dan Graham, Walter Grasskamp, Nancy Graves, Hans Haacke, Duane Hanson, Guy Harloff, Michael Harvey, Haus-Rucker-Co, Auguste Herbin, Eva Hesse, Rebecca Horn, Jean Olivier Hucleux, Douglas Huebler, Jörg Immendorff, Will Insley, Rolf Iseli, Ken Jacobs, Neil Jenney, Alfred Jensen, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Max G. Kaminski, Howard Kanovitz, Edward Kienholz, Imi Knoebel, Christof Kohlhofer, Jannis Kounellis, Tom Kovachevich, Piotr Kowalski, David Lamelas, Barry Le Va, Jean LeGac, Alfred Leslie, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Ingeborg Luscher, Inge Mahn, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Etienne Martin, Richard McLean, David Medalla, Fernando Melani, Jim Melchert, Mario Merz, Gustav Metzger, Bernd Minnich, Malcolm Morley, Ed Moses, Bruce Nauman, Hermann Nitsch, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Blinky Palermo, Panamarenko, Giulio Paolini, A.R. Penck, Giuseppe Penone, Vettor Pisani, Sigmar Polke, Stephen Posen, Markus Raetz, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, Klaus Rinke, Dorothea Rockburne, Peter Roehr, Allen Ruppersberg, Edward Ruscha, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Ulrich Ruckriem, Robert Ryman, John Salt, Salvo, Lucas Samaras, Paul Sarkisian, Jean-Frederic Schnyder, Ben Schonzeit, Werner Schroeter, HA Schult, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Fritz Schwegler, Richard Serra, Paul Sharits, Allan Shields, Katharina Sieverding, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Keith Sonnier, Klaus Staeck, Paul Staiger, Jorge Stever, Robert Strubin, Paul Thek, Wayne Thiebaud, Andre Thomkins, David Tremlett, Richard Tuttle, Ben Vautier, W + B Hein, Franz Erhard Walther, Robert Watts, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, John Wesley, H.C. Westermann, William Wiley, Rolf Winnewisser, Tom Wudl, Klaus Wyborny, La Monte Young, Peter Young, Gilberto Zorio.

Catalogue also includes Bob Projansky and Seth Siegelaub's "The Artist's Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement." This "Agreement form has been drafted by Bob Projansky, a New York lawyer, after my [Siegelaub] extensive discussions and correspondence with over 500 artists, dealers, lawyers, collectors, museum people, critics and other concerned people involved in the day-to-day workings of the international art world. The Agreement has been designed to remedy some generally acknowledged inequities in the art world, particularly artists' lack of control over the use of their work and participation in its economics after they no longer own it. The Agreement for has been written with special awareness of the current ordinary practices and economic realitites of the art world, particularly its private, cash and informal nature, with careful regard for the interests and motives of all concerned. It is expected to be the standard form for the transfer and sale of all contemporary art, and has been made as fair, simple and useful as possible. It can be used either as presented here or slightly altered to fit your specific situation. If the following information does not answer all your questions consult your attorney." -- from Agreement's cover. Copies of the contract are individually included in English, Germany, and French editions.

Very Good, complete (as issued) copy. Very minor wear.

File under: Vito Acconci Vincenzo Agnetti Peter Alexander John de Andrea Giovanni Anselmo Arbeitszeit Archigram Chuck Arnoldi Art & Language Richard Artschwager Michael Ashkin John Baldessari Robert Barry Georg Baselitz Lothar Baumgarten Robert Bechtle Gottfried Bechtold Joseph Beuys Karl Oskar Blase Mel Bochner Alighiero Boetti Christian Boltanski Claudio Bravo George Brecht Marcel Broodthaers Stanley Brouwn Günter Brus Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Michael Buthe James Lee Byars Pier Paolo Calzolari Luciano Castelli Chuck Close Tony Conrad Ron Cooper Bill Copley Joseph Cornell Robert Cottingham Paul Cotton Hanne Darboven Walter De Maria David Deutsch Jan Dibbets Herbert Distel Gino de Dominicis Marcel Duchamp John Dugger Don Eddy Franz Eggenschwiler Ger van Elk Richard Estes Luciano Fabro John C. Fernie Robert Filliou Jud Fine Joel Fisher Terry Fox Howard Fried Hamish Fulton Franz Gertsch Gilbert & George Ralph Goings Hubert Gojowczyk Dan Graham Walter Grasskamp Nancy Graves Hans Haacke Duane Hanson Guy Harloff Michael Harvey Haus-Rucker-Co Auguste Herbin Eva Hesse Rebecca Horn Jean Olivier Hucleux Douglas Huebler Jörg Immendorff Will Insley Rolf Iseli Ken Jacobs Neil Jenney Alfred Jensen Jasper Johns Joan Jonas Max G. Kaminski Howard Kanovitz Edward Kienholz Imi Knoebel Christof Kohlhofer Jannis Kounellis H.C. Westermann William Wiley Rolf Winnewisser Tom Wudl Klaus Wyborny La Monte Young Peter Young Gilberto Zorio Franz Erhard Walther Robert Watts William Wegman Lawrence Weiner John Wesley Tom Kovachevich Piotr Kowalski David Lamelas Barry Le Va Jean LeGac Alfred Leslie Richard Long Ingeborg Lüscher Inge Mahn Brice Marden Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Blinky Palermo Panamarenko Giulio Paolini A.R. Penck Giuseppe Penone Vettor Pisani Sigmar Polke Stephen Posen Markus Raetz Arnulf Rainer Gerhard Richter Klaus Rinke Dorothea Rockburne Peter Roehr Allen Ruppersberg Edward Ruscha Reiner Ruthenbeck Ulrich Ruckriem Robert Ryman John Salt Salvo Lucas Samaras Paul Sarkisian Jean-Frederic Schnyder Ben Schonzeit Werner Schroeter HA Schult Rudolf Schwarzkogler Fritz Schwegler Richard Serra Paul Sharits Allan Shields Katharina Sieverding Robert Smithson Michael Snow Keith Sonnier Klaus Staeck Paul Staiger Jorge Stever Robert Strubin Paul Thek Malcolm Morley Ed Moses Bruce Nauman Hermann Nitsch Claes Oldenburg Agnes Martin Etienne-Martin Richard McLean David Medalla Fernando Melani Bernd and Hilla Becher K. P. Brehmer Christo & Jeanne-Claude Seth Siegelaub Harald Szeemann Jean-Christophe Ammann Bob Projansky Arnold Bode documenta / Kassel Art Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Arte Povera Conceptual Art Feminism Theory / Essay Architecture / Interior Performance / Dance / Theater Fluxus Dada Curatorial Film / Video Minimal Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Painting Photography Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Counterculture Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic

Carl Andre
Sculptor 1996

1996, English / German
Softcover, 288 pages, 27 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Oktagon Verlag / Stuttgart

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First edition of one of the most sought after of Andre books, this large, heavily illustrated exhibition catalogue was published in conjunction with major exhibition conceived by Carl Andre with curator Eva Meyer-Hermann and held in Germany at Krefeld at Home, Wolfsburg at Large in 1996. The book forms an extensive exhibition chronology and detailed catalogue raisonné of works (including texts/notations and specs to accompany each work - illustrated in both colour and b/w throughout), alongside essays by Eva Meyer-Hermann and Paul Sutinen, as well as an interview with the artist conducted by Phyllis Tuchman, and a letter from Hollis Frampton to Enno Develing.
All texts in both German and English.

Carl Andre (b. 1935) is an American Minimal sculptor and poet associated with Minimalism. Andre is known for abstract work made of repetitive blocks, bricks, and metal plates arranged directly on the floor. Like other Minimalists of his generation, Andre constructed his works out of industrial materials that called attention to the inherent physical structure of the piece and to the architecture of the surrounding space. Eschewing metaphor and symbolism, Andre’s work operates as a set of purely physical and perceptual concerns. Moving to New York in 1957, he became associated with friend Frank Stella and worked in Stella’s studio while developing his own drawings and sculpture. Stella’s abstract paintings of that period were an important influence on Andre’s developing aesthetic, as was the work of modern sculptor Constantin Brâncuși. A number of experiences—including four years of work in railyards in the early 1960s and a trip to the prehistoric archaeological site of Stonehenge in England—solidified Andre’s determination to work with modular units, from wood to metals. Placing square metal tiles onto larger squares, upon which he invited viewers to walk, challenged the museum audience, who were more accustomed to keeping their distance from artworks and to observing sculptures on pedestals.

First edition, very scarce. Very Good copy, clean and tight throughout, only light corner bumping to bottom and tanning to spine, otherwise a crisp copy.

File under: Carl Andre Carl Andre Eva Meyer-Hermann Phyllis Tuchman Paul Sutinen Hollis Frampton Enno Develing Oktagon Verlag / Stuttgart Art Minimal Art Conceptual Art Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation SALE

Painting in New York 1971–83

2023, English
Hardcover (clothbound), 268 page, 29.8 x 25.4 cm
Published by Karma / New York

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A window into the world of 1970s painting through the work of 30 women artists. Text by Hilton Als, Elizabeth Hess, Lucy R. Lippard, Ivy Shapiro. Conversation with Connie Choi, Cynthia Carlson, Cynthia Hawkins, Harriet Korman, Dindga McCannon.

Published to follow the landmark exhibition at Karma Gallery, New York, this catalog unites the works of 30 women painters who were active in New York City during the 1970s. The collection showcases the diverse practices and backgrounds of these artists, all of whom were deeply influenced by the transformative legacy of second-wave feminism. During this period, a new form of painting emerged, fusing elements of sculpture and textile into the medium while reevaluating its role through innovative art historical methodologies. Amid debates about the relevance of painting, women artists revitalized the practice, coinciding with a shifting political landscape characterized by the global revolt of women against their marginalized status.

Artists include: Emma Amos, Ida Applebroog, Jennifer Bartlett, Betty Blayton, Vivian Browne, Cynthia Carlson, Martha Diamond, Louise Fishman, Suzan Frecon, Nancy Graves, Cynthia Hawkins, Mary Heilmann, Virginia Jaramillo, Jane Kaplowitz, Harriet Korman, Lois Lane, Helen Marden, Dindga McCannon, Ree Morton, Elizabeth Murray, Ellen Phelan, Howardena Pindell, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Faith Ringgold, Dorothea Rockburne, Susan Rothenberg, Joan Semmel, Jenny Snider, Joan Snyder, Pat Steir.

File under: Emma Amos Ida Applebroog Jennifer Bartlett Betty Blayton Vivian Browne Cynthia Carlson Martha Diamond Louise Fishman Suzan Frecon Nancy Graves Cynthia Hawkins Mary Heilmann Virginia Jaramillo Jane Kaplowitz Harriet Korman Lois Lane Helen Marden Dindga McCannon Ree Morton Elizabeth Murray Ellen Phelan Howardena Pindell Sylvia Plimack Mangold Faith Ringgold Dorothea Rockburne Susan Rothenberg Joan Semmel Jenny Snider Joan Snyder Pat Steir Hilton Als Elizabeth Hess Lucy R. Lippard Ivy Shapiro Karma / New York Art Theory / Essay Painting Feminism Minimal Art

ELIZABETH NEWMAN
STILL MAKIN’ HISTORY...

2024, English
Softcover, 145 pages, 21 x 29.8 cm
Published by Neon Parc / Melbourne Discipline / Melbourne

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This luminous volume on artist Elizabeth Newman includes two essays by Francis Plagne, each of which cover different, crucial time-periods of Newman’s practice. Highly illustrated, the beautiful works collected here range from the very recent, to those created in the last ten years or so. Melbourne-based Newman uses painting, printmaking, installation and found objects to explore, interrogate and apprehend questions that revolve around the philosophical and social conditions of art.

Co-published by Neon Parc and Discipline, Elizabeth Newman: Still makin’ history.... is the sister volume to Elizabeth Newman: Drawings.

File under: Elizabeth Newman Neon Parc / Melbourne Discipline / Melbourne Painting Feminism Art Australian Art Minimal Art

ELIZABETH NEWMAN
DRAWINGS

2024, English
Softcover, 145 pages, 21 x 29.8 cm
Published by Neon Parc / Melbourne Discipline / Melbourne

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This beautiful volume traces the links between Elizabeth Newman’s drawing practice and wider oeuvre. As Erik Jensen writes in his accompanying essay "her drawings are stubborn and deliberate and curious and patient" – they are acts of discovery that are, as Newman says, about "going to the nothing... to what is most me". Often radiant with colour, much of the work here is strikingly immediate, playful, visceral. Also includes an interview between Helen Hughes, Francis Plagne and Newman.

Co-published by Neon Parc and Discipline, Elizabeth Newman: Drawings is the sister volume to Elizabeth Newman: Still makin’ history....Melbourne-based artist Elizabeth Newman uses painting, printmaking, installation and found objects to explore, interrogate and apprehend questions that revolve around the philosophical and social conditions of art.

File under: Elizabeth Newman Neon Parc / Melbourne Discipline / Melbourne Painting Minimal Art Australian Art Art Drawing

ELIZABETH NEWMAN
UN-TITLED

2021, English
Softcover (w. plastic dust jacket), 72 pages, 21 x 30 cm
Published by Drill Hall Gallery / Canberra

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Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Un-titled: Elizabeth Newman at Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, 20 November, 2021—23 January, 2022. The exhibition surveyed Newman’s body of work, ranging from collage, installation, text-based, textile or found object, and all infused with painterly notions of re-presentation. Hovering around the edges of signification, embracing affect and the act of becoming, her work pivots around reversals of positive and negative, challenging the limitations of language while paradoxically affirming the plasticity of our systems of understanding. Profusely illustrated throughout with essays by Tony Oates and Frances Plagne. Designed by Small Tasks.

File under: Elizabeth Newman Tony Oates Frances Plagne Drill Hall Gallery / Canberra Painting Australian Art Art Sculpture / Installation Minimal Art

1945—1985 : Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Edited by Dominik Bartmann

1985, German
Softcover, 736 pages, 29.7 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Nationalgalerie / Berlin

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Enormous 700+ page volume about "Art in the Federal Republic of Germany 1945—1985", published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Nationalgalerie, Berlin, September 27, 1985—January 21, 1986. Profusely illustrated in colour with many works by Vostell, Baselitz, Beuys, Polke, Richter, Palermo, Klapheck, Darboven, Schultze, Uecker, Horn, Lüpertz, Haacke, Ruthenbeck, Antes, the Bechers, Rinke, Gerz, Erhard Walther, Penck, Knowles, Higgins, June Paik, Maciunas, Christiansen, Filliou, Brecht, Kriwet, Roth, Ulrichs, and many more, accompanied by texts in German, bibliography and index.

Good copy, some rubbing to the cover boards, light wear, bumping with age/size.

File under: Wolf Vostell A.R. Penck Joseph Beuys Rainer Ruthenbeck Sigmar Polke Horst Antes Robert Filliou Hanne Darboven Ferdinand Kriwet Nam June Paik Alison Knowles Blinky Palermo George Brecht George Maciunas Dick Higgins Gerhard Richter Konrad Klapheck Rebecca Horn Hans Haacke Bernhard Schultze Bernhard & Hilla Becher Bernd and Hilla Becher Hilla and Bernd Becher Georg Baselitz Markus Lüpertz Timm Ulrichs Dieter Rot Dieter Roth Henning Christiansen Franz Erhard Walther Jochen Gerz Klaus Rinke Günter Uecker Günther Uecker Gunther Uecker Vostell Baselitz Beuys Polke Richter Palermo Klapheck Schultze Uecker Horn Lüpertz Darbhoven Haacke Ruthenbeck Antes the Bechers Rinke Gerz Erhard Walther Penck Knowles Higgins June Paik Maciunas Christiansen Filliou Brecht Kriwet Roth Ulruchs Dominik Bartmann Nationalgalerie / Berlin Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Art Painting Conceptual Art Performance / Dance / Theater Drawing Sculpture / Installation Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Concrete Poetry Curatorial Fluxus Film / Video Minimal Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Photography Theory / Essay

Blinky Palermo
Palermo (Peter Heisterkamp)

1981, German
Softcover, 150 pages, 26.5 x 20 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Kunstmuseum Bonn / Bonn

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First edition of the scarce 1981 Blinky Palermo book published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Palermo (Peter Heisterkamp)' at Kunstmuseum Bonn, 22 Sept — 1 Nov, 1981. One of the best books on Palermo, this volume is profusely illustrated throughout with works in colour and b/w, paintings, objects, drawings, installations, photographs, accompanied with text by Dierk Stemmler, biography, chronology of works, exhibitions, and more. Texts in German.

Blinky Palermo (1943—1977), born Peter Schwarze, Heisterkamp his foster surname, was a German abstract painter. He adopted his outlandish name in 1964, during his studies with Bruno Goller and Joseph Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 1962 and 1967, in reference to Frank "Blinky" Palermo, an American Mafioso and boxing promoter who managed Sonny Liston. In 1969, Palermo moved to Mönchengladbach and set up a studio he would share with Imi Knoebel and Ulrich Rückriem. After a stay in New York in the early 1970s, he moved into Gerhard Richter's former Düsseldorf studio. Over the course of his 14-year artistic career Palermo tirelessly probed the limits of abstract painting. Having begun his brushwork on more traditional surfaces, he shifted his activity to less conventional supports, experimenting with diverse materials and forms, exploring the relationships that can exist between the wall and the space delimited by the painting. Under Beuys, he became increasingly interested in the organized spatial relationship between form and colour, a polarity which is manifest throughout the rest of his oeuvre. In the mid 1960s, Palermo moved away from conventional rectangular canvases and increasingly opted for surfaces such as the circle, triangle, cruciform, totem pole and even the interior walls of buildings. Between 1964 and 1966, Palermo produced a small series of paintings on canvas in which he experimented with constructivist principles of order. Over the course of his short life, Palermo participated in more than seventy exhibitions worldwide, including Documenta in 1972 and the Venice Biennale in 1975. Blinky Palermo died in 1977, aged 33, during a trip to the Maldives.

Very Good copy with only light shelf wear to blue covers, light bump to top corner.

File under: Blinky Palermo Joseph Beuys Kunstmuseum Bonn / Bonn Painting Drawing Sculpture / Installation Out-of-print / Rare Minimal Art Art

Isa Genzken

2006, German / English
Softcover, 72 pages, 30 x 24 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by Secession / Vienna Walther König / Köln Galerie im Taxispalais / Innsbruck

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Rare 2006 catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Isa Genzken at Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck and Secession, Wien, by Walther Koenig. Profusely illustrated throughout with Genzken's works and installation views, accompanied by texts by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Manfred Hermes, Anette Freudenberger, Silvia Eiblmayr, and Barbara Holub in both English and German.

"For more than thirty years, Isa Genzken has been developing a versatile oeuvre, continually extending it by adding new aspects. Her settings, her unusual combinations of materials, and the fragile but monumental character of her constructions reflect the surrounding world and the fragility of human existence. Her work—which includes sculptures and installations as well as photography, collage, and film—explores the space between public claims and private artistic autonomy, thus defining an interface where the personal and the universal meet. The formal and conceptual rigor at the root of Isa Genzken’s approach is tempered by unrestricted freedom, producing works that can be interpreted and experienced on very different levels. A central role is played by the choice and combination of materials with different connotations which the artist finds at home depots, builders’ suppliers, and department stores: whereas in the past Genzken used wood, plaster, epoxy resins, and above all concrete, the material of Modernism, her main materials today are plastic, synthetics, and a wide range of mirrors, as well as everyday items and consumer goods such as chairs—design classics alongside cheap camping chairs—garments, and plastic dolls and animals.

For her exhibition in the Hauptraum at the Secession, Isa Genzken has devised an installation with new sculptures and pieces on the wall: wheelchairs and seats draped in various textiles, ribbons, and sheets, walking frames, anthropomorphic figures, and wall-filling collages made from mirrors, photos, and adhesive tape create a carefully arranged image. Warholesque baby dolls with their outsize glasses look like prematurely aged children or, conversely, like infantilized adults, waiting under tattered parasols on a Hollywood set for shooting to recommence. But less than this bizarre scene, what is disconcerting here is the cool precision with which, for all the piece’s figurativeness, no story is told. Dolls and animals form heterogeneous abstract surfaces, but they are not deployed to narrative ends, and neither are other materials such as the mirrors, plastic sheeting, or the paint dripped or sprayed over many of the sculptures.

The new works relate to Genzken’s recent Empire/Vampire series. But while these works were presented on plinths at eye level, at the Secession, the entire space turns into a kind of plinth and the visitors become part of this scenario that is both beguilingly beautiful and disturbing at the same time. The works turn an imaginary inner space outwards, but rather than being something merely invented, the space always refers to the real—a comparative moment against which all the pieces can be measured. In an interview with Wolfgang Tillmans, Isa Genzken describes the way she thinks a sculpture should look: “It must have a certain relation to reality. I mean, not airy-fairy, let alone fabricated, so aloof and polite. [...] Rather, a sculpture is really a photo – although it can be shifted, it must still always have an aspect that reality has too.”

Good copy, due to bumps/creases to corners and previous owners inscription to title page, otherwise a Very Good copy throughout.

File under: Isa Genzken Benjamin H.D. Buchloh Benjamin H. D. Buchloh Manfred Hermes Anette Freudenberger Silvia Eiblmayr Barbara Holub Secession / Vienna Walther König / Köln Galerie im Taxispalais / Innsbruck Sculpture / Installation Out-of-print / Rare Art Minimal Art

Rose Nolan
WHERE THE SUN DONT SHINE NO MORE, 2010 (LIGHT OF DAY BOOKS NO. 11. 2023)

2023, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 16 pages, 29.7 x 21 cm
Edition of 50,
Published by Light of Day Books / Melbourne

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Rose Nolan’s photographs taken in New York in 2010.

Rose Nolan is an artist based in Naarm / Melbourne working across painting, installation, sculpture, photography, prints and book production.

@lightofdaybooks. Photography. Sometimes work that has never been shown or published before. Sometimes work that has not been seen for years. Sometimes work that may otherwise never be seen. Mainly just photographs but sometimes with text.

File under: Yanni Florence Rose Nolan Light of Day Books / Melbourne Australian Art Australian Photography Photography Sculpture / Installation Painting Minimal Art Art

Order and Experience
Agnes Martin, Sol LeWitt, Robert Ryman, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Edda Renouf, Dorothea Rockburne

1975, English
Softcover (glassine covers, staple-bound), 30 x 11 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Arts Council of Great Britain / London

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Scarce copy of Order and Experience — a guide to the exhibition of American minimalist prints, published by Arts Council of Great Britain in 1975 in the occasion of a group exhibition featuring the works of Agnes Martin, Sol LeWitt, Robert Ryman, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Edda Renouf, Dorothea Rockburne. Authored by Norbert Lynton (1927—2007), professor of the History of Art at the University of Sussex, this handsomely designed oblong catalogue, with printed glassine covers, is illustrated by works by the featured artists, Lynton provides two introductions, a discourse upon "Minimalism" in print-making.

Very Good copy.

File under: Agnes Martin Sol LeWitt Robert Ryman Robert Mangold Brice Marden Edda Renouf Dorothea Rockburne Norbert Lynton Arts Council of Great Britain / London Minimal Art Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Curatorial Theory / Essay Painting Art Conceptual Art

Inscape
Ian Hamilton Finlay, Eileen Lawrence, Will Maclean, Glen Onwin, Fred Stiven, Ainslie Yule

1976, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 48 pages, 15 x 10.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fruit Market Gallery / Edinburgh Scottish Arts Council / Edinburgh

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Lovely, rare catalogue published on the occasion of Inscape, a survey of Scottish landscape art at the Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh curated by critic Paul Overy in 1976. Illustrated throughout with examples of works by the featured artists — Ian Hamilton Finlay, Eileen Lawrence, Will Maclean, Glen Onwin, Fred Stiven and Ainslie Yule, accompanied by texts and biographies. Errata slip pasted to front end paper.

Very Good copy.

File under: Ian Hamilton Finlay Eileen Lawrence Will Maclean Glen Onwin Fred Stiven Ainslie Yule Paul Overy Fruit Market Gallery / Edinburgh Scottish Arts Council / Edinburgh Group Shows / Collections Conceptual Art Sculpture / Installation Art Concrete Poetry Minimal Art Curatorial

Sol LeWitt
Geometric Figures & Color

1979, English
Softcover, 48 pages, 20.2 x 20.2 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Harry N. Abrams / New York

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‘CIRCLE, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, RECTANGLE, TRAPEZOID AND PARALLELOGRAM IN RED, YELLOW AND BLUE ON RED, YELLOW AND BLUE’.

First edition of LeWitt's classic artist book, "Geometric Figures & Color" published in 1979, which is beautifully made up entirely of full-bleed colour illustrations of six geometric figures six (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, trapezoid and parallelogram) presented, sequentially, in duo-chrome primary colours (yellow and blue on red, red and blue on yellow, yellow and red on blue).

Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (1928 – 2007) was one of the most distinctive and influential American artists of the 20th century. He shaped and defined many of the century's most cerebral "isms", notably minimalism and conceptualism.

Near Fine copy with only light wear/tanning.

File under: Sol LeWitt Harry N. Abrams / New York Conceptual Art Minimal Art Painting Drawing Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation

Roland Dahinden, Sol LeWitt
Collaboration (Sound Sculpture Wall Drawing)

1997, English / German
Hardcover (cloth-bound) case, 2 x audio cds, 20 page booklet, 28 x 14 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Extraplatte / Austria Steirischer Herbst / Graz

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Scarce copy of Roland Dahinden, Sol LeWitt — Collaboration (Sound Sculpture Wall Drawing), a deluxe clothbound 2 x CD and book set published by Extraplatte and Steirischer Herbst, Austria. Commissioned by steirischer herbst 97, Kuppelsaal, Landesmuseum Joanneum, A-8010 Graz, Austria, 5.10. - 3.12. 1997. Includes the works: 1-1 PENTAS For Piano, String 4 And Live Electronics (Robert Höldrich, Tetras Streichquartett, Hildegard Kleeb, Gerhard Hüttl) 52:23; 2-1 PENTAS For 5 Loudspeakers (Remix Of The Sound Installation) (Dimitrios Polisoidis, Robert Höldrich) 1:00:12; Sol LeWitt — wall drawing #832 — Irregular red and blue special. Packaged in a cloth-bound hardcover folder/case, containing the two CDs and book with bi-lingual English/German liner notes. A folded image of Sol Lewitt's wall drawing is glued onto the inner side of the front cover.

Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (1928 – 2007) was one of the most distinctive and influential American artists of the 20th century. He shaped and defined many of the century's most cerebral "isms", notably minimalism and conceptualism.

Roland Dahinden (b. 1962) is a Swiss trombonist and composer specializing in the performance of contemporary music and improvisation/jazz. He studied trombone and composition in Switzerland, Austria, Italy (with Vinko Globokar) and the US (with Alvin Lucier). Composers such as Peter Ablinger, Maria de Alvear, Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Peter Hansen, Hauke Harder, Bernhard Lang, Joelle Léandre, Alvin Lucier, Chris Newman, Pauline Oliveros, Hans Otte, Lars Sandberg, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Daniel Wolf and Christian Wolff have written especially for him.

Near Fine copy all-round.

File under: Roland Dahinden Sol LeWitt Extraplatte / Austria Steirischer Herbst / Graz Conceptual Art Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Sound / Music Art

Robert Grosvenor

2005, English / Portuguese
Hardcover, 160 pages, 31 x 23 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art / Porto

$200.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of the best book ever published on Robert Grosvenor. One of the outstanding American sculptors of our age, Grosvenor produces large scale pieces which defy easy categorisation. His work is, according to critic Yve-Alain Bois, "vastly underrated". This now long out-of-print hardcover book provides the first comprehensive overview of his work from 1965 to the present, containing illustrations that are for the most part full page. Comes accompanied by reference pictures, Grosvenor's own commentaries, an anthology of texts and an extensive biography.

Very Good copy with a few knocks/scratches to the cover/spine.

File under: Robert Grosvenor Yve-Alain Bois Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art / Porto Sculpture / Installation Out-of-print / Rare Minimal Art

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

Cy Twombly

1983, English
Softcover, 26 pages, 31 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Stephen Mazoh Gallery / New York

$35.00 - Out of stock

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Over-sized catalogue published on the occasion of a solo exhibition by American painter Cy Twombly (1928—2011) at Stephen Mazoh Gallery, New York, in 1983. Illustrated in colour throughout with Twombly's exhibited works, accompanied by an essay by Marjorie Welish, biography and catalogue list.

Cy Twombly (1928—2011) was an American painter, draftsman, and sculptor whose work reflects a lifelong consideration of the expressive possibilities of mark making.

Good copy with cover wear/age.

File under: Cy Twombly Marjorie Welish Stephen Mazoh Gallery / New York Art Painting Drawing Out-of-print / Rare Minimal Art

John Cage

1962, English
Softcover, 78 pages, 23 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Henmar Press Inc. / New York Edition Peters / New York

$70.00 - Out of stock

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Rare 1962 artist catalogue of works by American Experimental composer John Cage. With foreword by Cage, this publication features a comprehensive index of Cage's compositions, illustrations, interview between Cage and Roger Reynolds, biography, excerpts from reviews and critical articles, bibliography of reviews and critical articles, index of persons, portrait of Cage by Lutfi Özkök, and catalogue organised by Robert Dunn. A remarkable resource for Cagians. Published by Edition Peters and Henmar Press Inc., New York.

Very Good copy with light cover wear.

File under: John Cage John Cage Roger Reynolds Robert Dunn Henmar Press Inc. / New York Edition Peters / New York Sound / Music Performance / Dance / Theater Theory / Essay Art Fluxus Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Conceptual Art

John Cage
Silence : Lectures and Writings by John Cage

1961 / 1967, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 276 pages, 24 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Wesleyan University Press / US

$150.00 - Out of stock

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Rare first 1961 edition, second 1967 printing of Silence: Lectures and Writings, a book by American experimental composer John Cage (1912–1992), first published in 1961 by Wesleyan University Press. Silence is Cage's classic collection of essays and lectures written during the period from 1939 to 1961. Silence, A Year from Monday, M, Empty Words and X (in this order) form the five parts of a series of books in which Cage tries, as he says, "to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them." Often these writings include mesostics and essays created by subjecting the work of other writers to chance procedures using the I Ching (what Cage called "writing through").

"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot. Sounds occur whether intended or not; the psychological turning in direction of those not intended seems at first to be a giving up of everything that belongs to humanity. But one must see that humanity and nature, not separate, are in this world together, that nothing was lost when everything was given away."—J.C.

Very Good copy of the first edition, second print from 1967. VG book in VG dust jacket with light rubbing to the black print.

File under: John Cage John Cage Wesleyan University Press / US Sound / Music Performance / Dance / Theater Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Art Fluxus Minimal Art

Hanne Darboven / John Cage
A Dialogue of Artworks

2000, English
Softcover, 84 pages, 20.5 x 16 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Hatje Cantz / Berlin

$25.00 - Out of stock

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This short monograph combines works by Hanne Darboven and John Cage from the collection of the Bayerische Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst in Munich. It shows the independent oeuvres of two highly individual artists whose works touch upon Minimal Art. Joachim Kaak's substantial essay examines Hanne Darboven's 7 Tafeln, II from 1972/73, a geometric construction on squared millimetre paper based on prime numbers and the square. Corinna Thierolf analyses John Cage's Ryoanji, a loose series of drawings made between 1983 and 1992. The title refers to the rock garden of the Ryoanji monastery in the north-west of Kyoto. With the help of the I Ching, the ancient book of wisdom and truth which Cofucius re-edited. Cage established a number system by which he encircled 15 stones he had picked out himself with 17 different pencils. On the basis of a complex concept based on random operations, this created partly very delicate circular formations, partly a structure composed of a dense tissue of lines. These are reproduced in this book according to a rhythm predetermined by John Cage.

English edition. Near Fine.

File under: Hanne Darboven John Cage Joachim Kaak Corinna Thieroff Corinna Thierolf Hatje Cantz / Berlin Literary Theory / Semiotics / Language Art Sound / Music Conceptual Art Fluxus Out-of-print / Rare Minimal Art

Mark Tobey / Morris Graves / John Cage
Sounds of the Inner Eye / Klänge Des Inneren Auges

2002, German / English
Softcover, 280 pages, 22.2 x 27.9 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Schirmer & Mosel / Munich

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Published to accompany a 2002 exhibition of Mark Tobey / Morris Graves / John Cage appearing at the Kunsthalle Bremen (Bremen, Germany) and the Museum of Glass (Tacoma, Washington), this catalog is profusely illustrated throughout with many of the artists' works as well as interpretive and biographical essays and a chronology. The three artists were friends and collaborators linked by their connections with the Pacific Northwest, their appellation as Northwest Mystics, and, more deeply, by their shared artistic concerns. John Cage composer, philosopher, writer, and visual artist wrote extensively about Tobey and Graves, and his writings are included here as well.

Original German edition with many texts also in English, in particular Cage's.
Near Fine copy.

File under: Mark Tobey Morris Graves John Cage Schirmer & Mosel / Munich Minimal Art Fluxus Painting Drawing Art Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Group Shows / Collections

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

$600.00 - In stock -

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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

DAN GRAHAM
WORKS 1965—2000 (catalogue raisonne)

2001, English
Softcover, 420 pages, 28.1 x 21.7 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Richter Verlag / Dusseldorf

$220.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of the now out-of-print Dan Graham catalogue raisonne, published to accompany a major traveling exhibition held from 13 January to 25 March 2001 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Serralves, 21 June to 30 September at the Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris from 25 November to 10 February 2002 in Kroller Müller Museum in Otterlo and May to August 2002 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki.

Since the 1960s, Dan Graham has carved out a unique space in the field of contemporary art, combing his work as an artist and as a critic of architecture and art in a unique fusion of theory and practice. From the outset, Graham engaged seriously with the aesthetic and political ramifications of Structuralism, taking the artist's critical perceptions of reality to an increasingly conceptual level. His early articles grappled with the question of architecture, arguing that behind the high-rise apartment complexes and housing projects spreading over the Western world lay the phenomenon of economic and social rationalization. Since the beginning of the 1970s Graham has pursued these and other observations with installations, videos, films and large-scale pavilions that serve as thought-models for his critical insights.

This catalogue raisonne provides a comprehensive, chronological documentation of 165 works and writings from 1965 until the present day, and includes articles, written sketches, Graham's reports about his artistic activities, art critical essays, film stills, architectural models, pavilions and video rooms, as well as an extensive bibliography. With essays by preeminent critic/philosophers Benjamin Buchloh and Thierry de Duve, among others, the result is a complete and edifying look at one of the premier artist-scholars of the past thirty years.

VG in VG dust jacket with some shelf rubbing, preserved now under mylar wrap.

File under: Dan Graham Corinne Diserens Eric de Bruyn John Miller Marianne Brouwer Markus Muller Thierry de Duve Richter Verlag / Dusseldorf Architecture / Interior Art Out-of-print / Rare Conceptual Art Minimal Art Sound / Music Performance / Dance / Theater Sculpture / Installation