Artist's book by "Anonymous," aka : Mike Kelley, detailing why he got into art -- naked women. Essay by Diedrich Diederichsen. Contains 22 photographs, in black-and-white, manipulated to have soft-core porn qualities of Yoko Ono, Lynda Benglis, Hannah Wilke, Carolee Schneemann and other women engaged in nude dance performances, guerrilla actions, happenings, avant-garde theatre, actions, performances, gallery advertisements, body art, gesture art, etc. ... [details]
The inaugural issue of XXIst Century Magazine published in Winter 1990 / 1991. Edited by Gini Alhadeff. Essays "Do the Wrong Thing: The Significance of Mr. Lee," by Christopher Hutchins; "Dirty Toys: Mike Kelley Interviewed," by Ralph Rugoff; "Ahh. ... [details]
Folded mini-poster / announcement published in conjunction with show "The Kelly Family" featuring Mike Kelley, Raymond Pettibon, Jim Shaw, Bill Hamper [aka Wild Billy Childish], held May 29 - July 13, 1991. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held June 20 - August 10, 1991. Essay by David Sylvester. Includes exhibition checklist, biography, bibliography, chronology, and selected exhibition history. ... [details]
Multiple by Jenny Holzer produced by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in 1991. Consists of a set of 12 unsharpened wooden pencils with texts by Jenny Holzer printed in red foil lettering. Text on pencils reads: "WHAT URGE WILL SAVE US NOW THAT SEX WON'T?"; "THE FUTURE IS STUPID"; "PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT"; "MEN DON'T PROTECT YOU ANYMORE"; "THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR WILL BE SECRET"; and "YOU ARE TRAPPED ON THE EARTH SO YOU WILL EXPLODE. ... [details]
Multiple by Clemens Weiss produced by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts as their 1991 holiday project sent to friends and artworld colleagues in an edition of 325. Comprised of a black-and-white photograph of Bette Midler housed in a hand made all glass shadow box with shards of glass loosely grouped within it. ... [details]
Multiple by The Peppers [Oleg Petrenko, Ludmila Skripkina] produced by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts as their 1991 holiday project sent to friends and artworld colleagues. "Remote Control," by The Peppers (Oleg Petrenko and Ludmila Skripkina) features a Soviet coin attached to a spring within a rubber enclosure. ... [details]
Gatefold prospectus for edition of extruded aluminum sculptures, in 12 different colors, by Donald Judd published in 1991 by Edition Schellmann. [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held February 14 - April 8, 1991. Texts by Peter Noever, Brigitte Huck, Rudi Fuchs and a text by Judd, "Nie wieder Krieg," in parallel English and German. ... [details]
Critical study on the influence of Duchamp upon the West Coast art world. Introduction by Bonnie Clearwater, texts by Naomi Sawelson-Gorse, Dickram Tashjian, Walter Hopps, Robert L. Pincus, and John Campbell. ... [details]