"This book brings together new texts written to accompany 79 exhibitions organized by Bob Nickas between 1984 and 2011. Nickas chose one work to represent the memory of each exhibition, and through this visual "lens" he reflects on his activity as a curator, offering many behind-the-scenes views to the art world of the 1980s and 90s, as well as intimate recollections of the artists he worked with, and the art works he encountered over the years. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held June 12 - August 1, 1982. Exhibition juried by Benjamin Buchloh, Richard Koshalek and Brenda Richardson. Extended introduction by Anne Rorimer. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held October 17 - February 17, 1985. Traveled to Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, March 2 - 30, 1985. Curated and with an introduction by Rosetta Brooks. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show at Städtischen Museum Lerkusen Schloss Morsbroich, Germany, held October 1, 1996 - January 16, 1997. Texts by Susanne Anna, Udo Kultermann, Boris Groys, Michael Fehr and Veit Loers. ... [details]
Publication on the art of the late 80s defined by Germano Celant as "Unexpressionism." Essay by Celant. "The contemporary is a fleeting and moribund presence. Its manifestations occur before our very eyes, and yet our eyes are unable to control or define them, just as words are incapable of describing them in time, at the same time. ... [details]
Exhibition and auction catalogue published in conjunction with show held January 7-22 [1977] and auction held January 22 [1977]. Artists included John Ahearn, Alice Aycock, Diane Bertolo, Martha Hall Boyden, Troy Brauntuch, Charles Clough, Paul Colin, Diego Cortez, John Cross, John Cates Curtis, Scott Davis, Louie R. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held January 9 - February 20, 1993. Curated and with texts by Christian Leigh. Artists included Pedro Almodóvar, Janine Antoni, Lutz Bacher, Jo Baer, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Raymond Bellour, Philipe Venault, Janet Biggs, Nayland Blake, Ross Bleckner, Peter Bogdanovich, Louise Bourgeois, Richmond Burton, Laurie Ann Campbell, Larry Clark, Chuck Close, Robert Colescott, George Condo, Maureen Connor, John Coplans, James Croak, Brian De Palma, Walt Disney, Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Christian Eckart, Robert Feintuch, Dan Flavin, Llyn Foulkes, Frank Gehry, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Graham, Peter Greenaway, Robert Greene, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Zaha M. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held May 7 - August 13, 1989. Text by Mary Jane Jacob, Ann Goldstein, Ann Rorimer, and Howard Singerman. Artists featured in exhibition are Richard Baim, Judith Barry, Ericka Beckman, Gretchen Bender, Dara Birnbaum, Barbara Bloom, Troy Brauntuch, Sarah Charlesworth, Jack Goldstein, Jenny Holzer, Larry Johnson, Ronald Jones, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Thomas Lawson, Sherrie Levine, Robert Longo, Allan McCollum, Matt Mullican, Peter Nagy, Stephen Prina, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Haim Steinbach, Mitchell Syrop, James Welling, and Christopher Williams. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, March 5 - April 2, 1988. Traveled to Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, May 21 - June 18, 1988. Foreword by Daniel Weinberg. ... [details]
Critical theory book by Douglas Crimp with photographs interspersed by Louise Lawler. "On the Museum's Ruins presents Douglas Crimp's criticism of contemporary art, its institutions, and its politics alongside photographic works by the artist Louise Lawler to create a collaborative project that is itself an example of postmodern practice at its most provocative. ... [details]
