Survey of the work of L.A. based artists before 1980. Edited by Lyn Kienholz with contributing editors Elizabeta Betinski and Corinne Nelson. Includes appendix. "'L.A. Rising SoCal Artists Before 1980' is the first comprehensive pictorial showcase of the diverse universe of artists working in the Los Angeles area during the formative period of Los Angeles' art history. ... [details]
"The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, America's oldest museum and school of fine arts, was founded in 1805. Today, the Academy boasts one of the nation's finest collections of American art and a roster of alumni representing the greatest artists this country has produced. ... [details]
Compilation of interviews edited by Laura de Coppet and Alan Jones, includes firsthand accounts by art dealers Betty Parsons, Sidney Janis, Tibor de Nagy, Alexandre Iolas, André Emmerich, Joan Washburn, Lawrence Rubin, Leo Castelli, Ileana Sonnabend, Richard Bellamy, Ivan Karp, Irving Blum, Joseph Helman, Arnold Glimcher, Marian Goodman, Xavier Fourcade, Paula Cooper, John Weber, John Gibson, Ronald Feldman, Daniel Wolf, Max Protetch, Holly Solomon, Charles Cowles, Brooke Alexander, Patricia Hamilton, Miani Johnson, Mary Boone, Annina Nosei, Helene Winer, Janelle Reiring, Tony Shafrazi. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held May 7 - August 13, 1989. Text by Mary Jane Jacob, Ann Goldstein, Ann Rorimer, and Howard Singerman. Artists featured in exhibition are Richard Baim, Judith Barry, Ericka Beckman, Gretchen Bender, Dara Birnbaum, Barbara Bloom, Troy Brauntuch, Sarah Charlesworth, Jack Goldstein, Jenny Holzer, Larry Johnson, Ronald Jones, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Thomas Lawson, Sherrie Levine, Robert Longo, Allan McCollum, Matt Mullican, Peter Nagy, Stephen Prina, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Haim Steinbach, Mitchell Syrop, James Welling, and Christopher Williams. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held February 11 - March 6, 1987. Curated and with essay by Robert Nickas. Artists include: Vito Acconci, Vikky Alexander, Art & Language, Beth Brenner, Stuart Brisley, Victor Burgin, Michael Corris, Jessica Diamond, Gilbert & George, Olivier Mosset, Peter Halley, Alfredo Jaar, Information Fiction Publicité, Jenny Holzer, Larry Johnson, Louise Lawler, Ronald Jones, Silvia Kolbowski, Hans Haacke, Antonio Muntadas, Haim Steinbach, Allen Ruppersberg, Les Levine, David Robbins, Nancy Spero, Mark Stahl, Tim Rollins & K. ... [details]
Poster / Brochure published in conjunction with show held July 1 - 31 and September 2 - 26, 1986. Poster design and text by Dick Higgins featuring concrete poetry by Augusto de Campo. Show organized by Franklin Furnace and curated by Matthew Hogan. ... [details]
Compilation of texts edited by Laura de Coppet and Alan Jones, includes firsthand accounts by art dealers Betty Parsons, Sidney Janis, Tibor de Nagy, Alexandre Iolas, André Emmerich, Joan Washburn, Lawrence Rubin, Leo Castelli, Ileana Sonnabend, Richard Bellamy, Ivan Karp, Irving Blum, Joseph Helman, Arnold Glimcher, Marian Goodman, Xavier Fourcade, Paula Cooper, John Weber, John Gibson, Ronald Feldman, Daniel Wolf, Max Protetch, Holly Solomon, Charles Cowles, Brooke Alexander, Patricia Hamilton, Miani Johnson, Mary Boone, Annina Nosei, Helene Winer, Janelle Reiring, Tony Shafrazi. ... [details]
Issue number 1 from the 11 volume run of the periodical "Review for Everything." Unedited by Dieter Roth, the founder and publisher. Contents include: "Foreword," by Dieter Roth; "3 Poems," by John Funival; "2 Poems 1 Drawing," by Jonas Hafner; "4 Poems," by Alice Henderson; "1 Story," by Mario della Torro, with an illustration by André Thomkins; "3 Poems," by Dom Sylvester Houédard; "6 Poems," by Ronald Johnson; "1 Story," by Dietrich Kothe, with an illustation by André Thomkins; "1 Speech," by Flosi Ólafsson; "1 Composition," by Björn Roth; "1 Picture Story," by Karl Roth; "1 Story with Illustration," by Vera Roth; and "1 Poem," by Konrad Balder Schaüffelen. ... [details]
"In this new book, America's most interesting and controversial writer on art clarifies the mysteries and conflicts of contemporary painting, sculpture, Happenings, kinetics, etc., and illuminates their relevance for our time. ... [details]
Issue edited by John Wilcock. Cover photo by Jean Pierre Laffaut for a painting by France Raysse. Essays "Don't Go to Pieces on Sunday"; "Unpublished Interviews," by Israel G. Young; "Niggers from Outer Space (Excerpts from the Novel)," by Ted Joans; "Pigs & Presidents : 3 'Nothing Wrong with American That a Good Erection Wont [sic] Cure,' " by David Mairowitz; photograph by Shunk-Kendler; "Scarecrows Vogelscheuchen," by Hannes Jahn; "Rome : Bradley Martin Reporting," by Bradley Martin; poetry by Victor Coleman, Ronald Gross, Robert Scott Mashkin, and Joey Sacks; "The All Purpose Pick-up Line," by Steve Kraus; "Making It with Archie the Artist," by Murphy; "Safe," by Walter K. ... [details]