The 1986 - 1987 Printed Matter catalogue. Includes texts by Susan Wheeler, Richard Ogust, Brian Wallis, Clive Phillpot, Amy Hauft, Robert Nickas, Lynda Barry, Cynthia Chris, Reese Williams, Jeffrey Greenberg, and John Hogan. ... [details]
Printed Matter [founded by Sol LeWitt, Edit deAk, Lucy Lippard, Carl Andre, Pat Stein, Walter Robinson, Robin White - with a board that also had Ingrid Sischy, Carol Adroccio, Amy Baker, Clive Phillpot, and Howardena Pindell] is the world's venerable distributor of artists' books - from 1976 through 1986 it issued an annual catalogue of all it's inventory - 1000s of artists' books, artists' periodicals, artists' audioworks, and other artists' publications. ... [details]
"How can an art exhibition function as a stand-in for the artists and their studios? How can a gallery project provide greater insight into an artist's practice, the way the formality of a slide lecture or the intimacy of a studio visit can? How can the back-story of the work on display be understood, without being solely reliant on a curatorial statement, catalogue essay or press release? This exhibition allows art to be understood as an ongoing and slippery practice, and less the finite, linear and object-oriented one assumed by the standard exhibition format. ... [details]
Winter / Spring 1986 issue of the performance art periodical The Act. Edited by Jeffrey Greenberg, with written contributions by Greenberg, Jacques Chwat, William Pope.L, Allan Kaprow, Bruce Barber, Chris Kraus, Sylvere Lotringer, Bradley Eros, Aline Mare, Ellen Zweig, Henry Sayre, Gavin Searle, Penelope Wehrli, Toyo, R. ... [details]