Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery from October 31 - December 2, 1989 and at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool from January 23 - March 25, 1990 examining the relationship between John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Jasper Johns. ... [details]
February 24 - March 2, 1982 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by John Leese. Cover stories include: "Susan Sontag's God that Failed," essays by Mary McCarthy, Noam Chomsky, Michel Foucault, Diana Trilling, Nathan Glazer, Garry Wills, Edward W. ... [details]
"To read through a Barthes Reader is finally to be left with the image of Barthes as one of the great public teachers of our time, someone who thought out, argued for, and made available several steps in a penetrating reflection on language sign systems, texts - and what they have to tell us about the concept of being human. ... [details]
November 12-18 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by Josh Friedman. Cover stories include: "Central Park Wrap: Christo Takes on City," by Gerald Marzorati, with "The Gates Project for Central Park Collage, 1980," as the centerfold; "Jim Carroll: Saviour or Poseur," by Tom Carson; "Loft Rents: Under Control?," by Peter Freiberg; and "Susan Sontag On: Writing, Dying, Fame," by Charles Ruas. ... [details]
Fall 1977 issue of the New York-based periodical Performing Arts Journal. Edited by Bonnie Marranca and Gautam Dasgupta, with written contributions by Mimi Gisolfi D'Aponte, Peter Frank, Glenn Loney, John Howell, Stanley Kauffmann, Robert Patrick, Sam Shepard, Megan Terry, Richard Kostelanetz, Carrie Rickey, Susan Sontag, Edward Bond, A. ... [details]
Sontag's famous and now-standard collection of critical essays on photography. "On Photography considers the relation of photography to art, to conscience, and to knowledge. These highly acclaimed essays, which originally appeared in somewhat different form in The New York Review of Books, contain illuminating discussinos of the work of such important photographers such as Nadar, Muybridge, Stieglitz, Atget, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, August Sander, Walker Evans, Carter-Bresson, Robert Frank, Richard Avedon, and Diane Arbus. ... [details]
First edition paperback monograph of photographs by Peter Hujar featuring portraits taken between 1974-75, including his now famous picture of Susan Sontag in repose, as well as portraits of skeletons from a catacombs taken in 1963. ... [details]
Issue edited by Philip Leider. Essays "An Ad Reinhardt Monologue," by Mary Fuller; "A Conversation with Nancy Graves," by Emily Wasserman; "The Sculpture of Peter Alexander," by Peter Plagens; "Don Potts' Game of Car," by Knute Stiles; "The Cuban Poster," by Susan Sontag; "A Master Plan for the Met," by Bernhard Leitner; "A Master Plan for the Met," by Bernhard Leitner; "The Matisse Centenary," by Kenworth Moffett; "The Iconography of Edvard Munch's The Sphinx," by Reinhold A. ... [details]
Invitation to a party on Abbie Hoffman's Lower East Side, New York, roof to benefit the legal defense of The Chicago 8 [which became the Chicago 7 after the case against Bobby Seale was declared a mistrial], held June 7th, [1969], from midnight until dawn. ... [details]
Fold out poster with information on the "Anti-Riot" Act of 1968. Includes information on the Chicago 8 defendants, charges, prosecutors, the legislative history of the "Anti-Riot" Act, the Congressmen and community leaders who have protested against passage of Act, the Constitutional authorities speaking against the act, and what can be done. ... [details]
