"This book brings together new texts written to accompany 79 exhibitions organized by Bob Nickas between 1984 and 2011. Nickas chose one work to represent the memory of each exhibition, and through this visual "lens" he reflects on his activity as a curator, offering many behind-the-scenes views to the art world of the 1980s and 90s, as well as intimate recollections of the artists he worked with, and the art works he encountered over the years. ... [details]
Two volume facsimile reprint of all fifteen issues of the periodical "Documents" published in Paris from 1929 to 1930. Preface by Denis Hollier. Artists include Georges Bataille, Jacques Baron, Alejo Carpentier, Robert Desnos, Carl Einstein, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, Marcel Griaule, Eugène Jolas, Marcel Jouhandeau, Maurice Leenhardt, Michel Leiris, Georges Limbour, Marcel Mauss, Jacques Prévert, Raymond Queneau, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Paul Rivet, Georges Henri Rivière, André Schaeffner, Roger Vitrac, Hans Arp, Jacques-André Boiffard, Georges Braque, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Juan Gris, Jean Hugo, Paul Klee, Henri Laurens, Fernand Leger, André Masson, Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso. ... [details]
Winter 1937 issue of the periodical "Transition," edited by Eugene Jolas, associate editor James Johnson Sweeney. Front cover design by Marcel Duchamp reproducing the Readymade "Comb." Includes "In Memory of My Father," by James Agee; "Resurgent," by Forrest Anderson; "The Skeleton of the Day," by Hans Arp; "Le Pont Brisé," by Paul Eluard; "Two Poems," by Randall Jarrell; "Planetarische Reise," by Eugene Jolas; "Chêne et Chien," by Raymond Queneau; "Anonyme," by André de Richaud; "Lover as Fox," by Muriel Rukeyser; "Cactus Gardens," by Sanders Russell; "Séparation," by Camille Schuwer; "work in Progress. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held January 9 - February 20, 1993. Curated and with texts by Christian Leigh. Artists included Pedro Almodóvar, Janine Antoni, Lutz Bacher, Jo Baer, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Raymond Bellour, Philipe Venault, Janet Biggs, Nayland Blake, Ross Bleckner, Peter Bogdanovich, Louise Bourgeois, Richmond Burton, Laurie Ann Campbell, Larry Clark, Chuck Close, Robert Colescott, George Condo, Maureen Connor, John Coplans, James Croak, Brian De Palma, Walt Disney, Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Christian Eckart, Robert Feintuch, Dan Flavin, Llyn Foulkes, Frank Gehry, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Graham, Peter Greenaway, Robert Greene, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Zaha M. ... [details]
Steven Leiber was a genius, and this book - full of years of meticulous research and study - proves it. Packed full of ephemera by 100s of artists, Leiber catalogues, documents and stories the path this printed matter, often casually regarded as discarded matter [or discardable matter]. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in 1995 consisting of surveys distributed to artists asking their opinion of the artist. Opinions offered by Raymond Pettibon, Hans Haacke, Lawrence Weiner and others. [details]
Large-scale examination of the conceptual art network in it's years of inception, 1967, though to the time at which it had become highly formalized, 1977. An exacting examination by Sophie Richard, edited by Lynda Morris after Richard's unfortunate death. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show organized by James Corcoran Gallery in cooperation with Shoshana Wayne Gallery and Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, California. "The First Generation, 1940-1962," held at James Corcoran Gallery; "The Second Generation: The Narrative, 1957 - 1987," held at Shoshana Wayne Gallery; and "The Second Generation: Form and Idea, 1960 - 1987," held at Pence Gallery. ... [details]
Publication documenting the metaphysical movement founded by Alfred Jarry. Texts by Raymond Queneau, Domenico Porzio, Arturo Schwarz, Gino Negri, Enrico Emanuelli, Farfa, Leonardo Sinisgalli, Umbro Apollonio, Vanni Scheiwiller, Dario Fo, Paride Accetti, Beniamino Dal Fabbro, Renato Mucci, Dr. ... [details]
Critical theory edited by Fernando Puma. Contributions by Fernando Puma, Max Brod, George Rouault, James T. Ferrell, Gottfried von Einem, Howard Carroll, Theodore Roszak, Merce Cunningham, Henry Miller, Sigfried Giedion, Theodore Roetke, Dorothy Parker, Lee Richard Hayman, Robert M. ... [details]
