Volume Two, 1971-1982, of the seven volume catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Ed Ruscha. Edited by Robert Dean, associate editor Erin Wright. Essays by Reyner Banham and Peter Wollen. Includes a reprint if the original typescript of The information man by ruscha. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held in the Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy, 1976. Essays by Guido Ballo-Franco Russoli and Norbert Lynton. Artists include Ivor Abrahams, Peter Blake, Mark Boyle, Patrick Caulfield, Alan Charlton, Bernard Cohen, Robyn Denny, Rita Donagh, Richard Hamilton, Anthony Hill, David Hockney, John Hoyland, Malcolm Hughes, Paul Huxley, Allen Jones, R. ... [details]
"How else might 'essays' be written? 'Essaying Essays,' writes Richard Kostelanetz, 'are those printed pieces that essay to redefine the genre. By realizing the other ways of doing what essays have traditionally done, they are essays twice over, confronting not only their particular subjects but, by implication, alternative possibilities for the form itself. ... [details]
"These essays by art historian and critic Charles Harrison are based on the premise that making art and talking about art are related enterprises. They are written from the point of view of Art & Language, the artistic movement based in England -- and briefly in the United States -- with which Harrison has been associated for thirty years. ... [details]
"COOP a-script is an artist book based on two performance scripts by Fia Backström, extending her exploration of visual and spoken language, global community, bureaucratic jargon, and mood and communication disorders. ... [details]
A series of essays on Russian abstract art and language between 1910 and 1920. Discusses artists' correspondences, poets' books and artists' books. [details]
Full run set of of the biannually published periodical Gagarin. "Gagarin The artists in their own words is entirely dedicated to the publication of unpublished written texts by artists who are now working, anywhere in the world. ... [details]
"This issue focusses on the work of ten poets whose productions can be positioned in the vicinity of 'language poetry' ... Generator provides a forum for the presentation, intersection, and cross-fertilization of works of visual and language poetry. ... [details]
Artist's book by Art & Language. Printed in black-and-white. [details]