Smartly written critical book that well documents aspects of conceptual art. "Conceptual art was one of the most influential art movements of the second half of the twentieth century. In this book Alexander Alberro traces its origins to the mid-1960s, when its principles were first articulated by the artists Dan Graham, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Lawrence Weiner, and others. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue for show held at Kunsthalle Wien, May 28 - September 12, 1999. Essays by Rodney Graham, Alexander Alberro, Michael Glasmeier, Shep Steiner. Also includes audio CD "This sound installation in the form of a compact disk recording of 14 songs 'in the popular idiom' and a purpose-built listening lounge evolved out of a project for a video works. ... [details]
Compilation of essays by Dan Graham on Dan Graham. Introduction by Jeff Wall, edited by Alexander Alberro. Five groupings of essays: "The Artist as Producer," "Magazine Pages," "Video / Television / Architecture," "Films," "Performance," "Pavilion Sculptures. ... [details]
Large-scale collection of essays edited by Alexander Alberro, Blake Stimson. Includes texts by Alberro, Stimson, Eduardo Costa, Raúl Escari, Roberto Jacoby, Christine Kozlov, Hélio Oiticica, Sol LeWitt, Sigmund Bode, Mel Bochner, Daniel Buren, Olivier Mosset, Michel Parmentier, Niele Toroni, Michel Claura, Michael Baldwin, Adrian Piper, Lucy R. ... [details]
Artist's book by Martha Rosler comprised of photographs documenting Expressways surrounding New York City. Texts by Rosler, Anthony Vidler, Alexander Alberro. "The road, the car, the street are the locus of daily experience in the developed world, shaping lives and creating dream scapes that accord with nothing previously imagined. ... [details]
Exhibition catalog produced in conjunction with exhibition held at Ikon Gallery, December 5, 1998 - January 30, 1991; Institut d' Art Contemporain, February 10 - April 30, 1999; Generali Foundation, May 12 - August 8, 1999; Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, October 19, 1999 - January 9, 2000; New Museum of Contemporary Art, June 13 - October 18, 2000. ... [details]
"In his introduction to 'The 1980s: An Internet Conference,' moderator Maurice Berger writes, 'As Fredric Jameson reminds us in his essay 'Periodizing the 1960s,' decades are never neat, clearly defined episodes. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held February 1 - April 28, 2001. With foreword by Cecilia de Torres, essay by Alexander Alberro, and interview with the artist by John Perreault. ... [details]
Special "Best of the '90s" issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. "Best of the '90s: 10 Top Tens," by Dave Hickey, Daniel Birnbaum, Robert Rosenblum, Jan Avgikos, David Rimanelli, Peter Plagens, Carol Squiers, Bruce Hainley, Dan Cameron, Boris Groys. ... [details]
"One of the most important contemporary artists working today, Daniel Buren has been creating site-specific installations world-wide for nearly 40 years. Throughout his varied oeuvre, the artist's familiar stripes--8. ... [details]