Publication of texts from talks conducted at the Museum of Modern Art with Barbara Kruger, "Picturing Greatness"; Vito Acconci, "The Viewer as Victim"; Mark Tansey, "The Strange Benevolence of Clement Greenberg"; Faith Ringgold, "Slaves of the Modern"; Komar & Melamid, "Malevich's Dream"; Elizabeth Murray on Céanne: "Merging Thought and Emotion"; Joseph Kosuth on Duchamp: "Please Do Not Touch the Sculpture"; Jane Dickson on Claude Monet: "A Battlefield of Lilies"; James Wines on Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye: "Building as Polemic"; David Salle, "A Clyfford Still Quiz"; Scott Burton, "The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden as a Work of Semipublic Art"; Alice Aycock on Constructivism: "A Schema on Her Back"; Jenny Holzer on Meret Oppenheim's "Object: A Cup of Words"; Ashley Bickerton on Donald Judd: "Monoculture and Polyculture"; Francesc Torres on George Grosz: "Clarity that Hurt"; and Houston Conwill on "The Cakewalk Humanifesto: A Dance of Remembrance. ... [details]
Annual exhibition catalogue representative of works of artists, Daniel Buren, Buster Simpson, Houston Conwill, and Matt Mullican on exhibition in 1989. Introduction by museum director James T. Demetrion as well as additional texts by Phyllis D. ... [details]
Survey of the work of L.A. based artists before 1980. Edited by Lyn Kienholz with contributing editors Elizabeta Betinski and Corinne Nelson. Includes appendix. "'L.A. Rising SoCal Artists Before 1980' is the first comprehensive pictorial showcase of the diverse universe of artists working in the Los Angeles area during the formative period of Los Angeles' art history. ... [details]
Critical theory by Lucy R. Lippard focusing on art from various ethnic backgrounds. "Mixed Blessings is the first book to discuss the crosscultural process taking place in the world of Latino. Native-, African-, and Asian-American artists. ... [details]
