Louis Sullivan : His Life & Work

Louis Sullivan, Robert Twombly

Biography of the American architect Louis Sullivan. "In this fascinating portrait of Louis Sullivan (1856 - 1924), Robert Twombly documents both the great architect's aesthetic development and his lifelong personal and professional obsessions. ... [details]

On Being an Exhibition

Joseph del Pesco, Alexander Alberro, Woody Allen, Arjun Appadurai, Michael Asher, Bela Balazs, Robert Barry, Bernard of Chartres, Bill Brown, Daniel Buren, William Bourroughs, John Cage, Roger Caillois, Germano Celant, Michel de Certeau, Gordon Matta Clark, Guy Debord, John Dewey, Clive Dilnot, Terry Eagleton, Andrea Fraser, Alfred Gell, Jean-Luc Godard, Michel Gondry, Elizabeth Grosz, J. Hoberman, Harry Houdini, Ivan Karp, Fred Wilson, Frederick J. Kiesler, Miwon Kwon, Louise Lawler, Félix Leclerc, Bruce Lee, Henry Lefebvre, Jonathan Lethem, James Lingwood, Francisco Lopez, Karl Marx, Mario Merz, Vladimir Nabokov, Carsten Nicolai, Scott Oliver, Georges Perec, Max Perutz, Pet Shop Boys, Dimitri Shostakovich, Robert Smithson, Micheal Taussig, Sven Olav Wallenstein, Paul Virillio, Lawrence Weiner, Gilberto Zorio, BLG, Conrad Bakker, Beth Campbell, Valerie Hegarty, Isola and Norzi, Germaine Koh, Chadwick Rantanen, Derek Sullivan, Anne Walsh, Chris Kubick, Lee Walton, Raimundas Malasaukas, Meredith Johnson

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held October 12 - December 8, 2007. Essay by Joseph del Pesco. Artists include BGL, Conrad Bakker, Beth Campbell, Germaine Koh, Valerie Hegarty, Isola and Norzi, Chadwick Rantanen, Derek Sullivan and Anne Walsh. ... [details]

Sullivan's City : The Meaning of Ornament for Louis Sullivan

Louis Sullivan, David Van Zanten, Cervin Robinson

"Admirers of Louis Sullivan's work agree that ornament was central to his contribution as architect and city shaper; however, the interpretations of his unique and effulgent ornament vary widely. Sullivan's City explores the idea that ornament was increasingly central to Sullivan's whole architectural enterprise. ... [details]

UPFRONT : A Publication of PADD (Political Art Documentation and Distribution), Special Exhibition Supplement : Concrete Crisis, Urban Images of the '80s

(Winter 1986-87)

Tom Halsall, Karin Batten, Joel Cohen, Tim Hillis, Jerry Kearns, Rae Langsten, Lucy R. Lippard, Alfred Martinez, William C. Maxwell, Anne Meiman, Herb Perr, Janet Vicario, Irving Wexler, Vito Acconci, Tomie Arai, Rudolf Baranik, Aleta Bass, Malcolm Eliot Ryder, Olivia Beens, Willie Birch, Lauri Bretthauer, Phyllis Bulkin, Marguerite Bunyan, Carole Byard, Fay Chiang, Keith Christensen, Eva Cockcroft, Sue Coe, Michael Corris, Maria Dominguez, Jeff Dreiblatt, Charles Frederick, Wayne Rottman, Laura Elkins, Tom Finkelpearl, Antonio Frasconi, Aki Fujiyoshi, Peter Gourfain, Marina Gutierrez, Edgar Heap of Birds, Gale Jackson, Noah Jemison, Jamillah Jennings, Sabrina Jones, Cliff Joseph, Janet Koenig, Margia Kramer, E. Salem Krieger, Elizabeth Kulas, Ross Lewis, Robert Longo, Thelma Zoe Mathias, Gina Marie Terranova, Dona Ann McAdams, Betsy McLindon, Brad Melamed, Joseph Nechvatal, Vernita Nemec, Quimetta Perle, Kristin Reed, Pedro Pietri, David Reynolds, Don Rock, Rachael Romero, Greg Velez, Vincent Salas, Juan Sanchez, Jeff Schlesinger, Ilse Schreiber, Greg Sholette, George "Geo" Smith, Mimi Smith, Stephen Soreff, Nancy Spero, Leon Golub, Anita Steckel, May Stevens, Nancy Sullivan, Seth Tobocman, Chuck Sperry, Yolanda Ward, Julius Valiunas, Anton van Dalen, Tom Wachunas, Richard Ray Whitman

Special UPFRONT annotated exhibition supplement. Published in conjunction with show organized by PADD and held at Exit Art, New York, February 19 - March 21, 1986. Introduction by Margia Kramer. Exhibition committee includes Tom Halsall, Karin Batten, Joel Cohen, Tim Hillis, Jerry Kearns, Rae Langsten, Lucy R. ... [details]