The Fox
  • periodical
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white
  • 3 vol. : vol. 1: 27 x 20 cm. ; vol. 2: 26.5 x 21 cm. ; vol. 3: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
  • 3 vol. : vol. 1: 144 pp. ; vol. 2: 163 pp. ; vol. 3: 186+ pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

The Fox

[Complete Run / All Issues Published] / Nos. 1, 2, 3

The Fox, Sarah Charlesworth, Michael Baldwin, Philip Pilkington, Joseph Kosuth, Andrew Menard, Zoran Popovic, Jasna Tijardovic, Ian Burn, Mel Ramsden, Michael Corris, David Rushton, Paul Wood, Preston Heller, Lynn Lemaster, Terry Atkinson, Karl Beveridge, Terry Smith, Lizzie Borden, Mark Klienberg, Adrian Piper, Bruce Kurtz, Robert Smithson, Stefan Morawski, Sandra Harrison, Jean Toche, Robert Horvitz, Paul Kagawa, Annson Kenney, Paul Wood, Terry Smith, Ron White, Trevor Pateman, Eunice Lipton, Peter Benchley, Kathryn Bigelow, Martha Rosler, Art & Language, Carole Condé, Christine Kozlov, Mayo Thompson, Sharlene Spingler, Ian Wilson, Mayo Thompson, Jasna Tijardovic, Ross Neher, Nigel Lendon, Fern Tiger, Edward Robbins, Paul Wood, Goram Djordjevic, Hervé Fischer, Paul Wood, Robert Witz, Joshua Neustein, Guerrilla Art Action Group, J. Byron Kearns, Jane Klion, Julie Wolf, Stefan Morawski

The Fox

description

All three published issues of the periodical The Fox, one of the most important publications of 1970s conceptualism. All issues printed on newsprint, with rough cardboard covers."It is the purpose of our journal to try to establish some kind of community practice. Those who are interested, curious, or have something to add (be it pro or con) to the editorial thrust ... the revaluation of ideology ... of the first issue are encouraged, even urged, to contribute to following issues. All other correspondences are welcome..." -- preface to Volume One.

Issue 1, published in 1975, edited by Sarah Charlesworth, Michael Corris, Joseph Kosuth, Andrew Menard, Mel Ramsden, and Preston Heller. Contents include: "A Declaration of Dependence," by Sarah Charlesworth; "For Thomas Hobbes," by Michael Baldwin and Philip Pilkington; " The Artist as Anthropologist," by Joseph Kosuth; " Are You Not Doing What You're Doing While You're Doing What You Are," by Andrew Menard; "A Note on Art in Yugoslavia," by Zoran Popovic and Jasna Tijardovic; "Pricing Works of Art," by Ian Burn; "To Art (Reg. Intrans. V.)," by Adrian Piper; "On Practice," by Mel Ramsden; "Historical Discourse," by Michael Corris; "Education Bankrupts," by David Rushton and Paul Wood; "Counterfeit Interview," by Preston Heller; "Optimistic Handbook," by Lynn Lemaster; "Looking Back, Going On," by Terry Atkinson; "Perimeters of Protest," by Mel Ramsden; "Buying Cultural Dependency: A Note on the Crazed Thinking Behind Several Australian Collections," by Ian Burn; "A Forum on Artforum," by Karl Beveridge; and "Thinking About Tim Clark and Linda Nochlin," by Ian Burn.

Issue 2, published in 1975, edited by Sarah Charlesworth, Michael Corris, Joseph Kosuth, Andrew Menard, Mel Ramsden, Preston Heller, and Ian Burn. Contents include: "Book Review: John Berger's 'Ways of Seeing,'" by Eunice Lipton; "Review: Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe's As-Silly-As-You-Can-Get"; "Brice Marden's Painting,'" by Mel Ramsden; "Review: Fighting Modern Masters," by Terry Smith; "Dear Fox..." by Lizzie Borden; "Memo For the Fox," by Sarah Charlesworth; "Review: 'Cityarts Workshop: People's Art in New York City,'" by Mel Ramsden; "Conversation Pieces," by Mark Klienberg; "A Proposal For Pricing Works of Art," by Adrian Piper; "Book Review: 'On Understanding Art Museums,'" by Adrian Piper; "Book Review: 'On Understanding Art Museums,'" by Andrew Menard; "Review: Ian Wilson's Discussion at the John Weber Gallery," by Michael Corris; "Review: 'Art-Language' Volume 3 Number 2," by Ian Burn; "Bruce Kurtz: A Conversation with Robert Smithson"; "Stefan Morawski: Concerning an Attack by Sandra Harrison"; "Letters from Jean Toche, Robert Horvitz, Paul Kagawa, Annson Kenney, and others"; "Direct Speech," by David Rushton and Paul Wood; "1975," by Joseph Kosuth; "Doing Art History," by Terry Smith; "Media Madness," by Andrew Menard and Ron White; "Looking Back, Going On - Part 2," by Terry Atkinson; "Don Judd," by Karl Beveridge and Ian Burn; "Yet Another Palace Revolt in the Banana Republic?" by Michael Corris; "On Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot,'" by Trevor Pateman.

Issue 3, published in 1976, edited by Sarah Charlesworth, Michael Corris, Joseph Kosuth, Andrew Menard, Mel Ramsden, Preston Heller, and Ian Burn. Contents include: "The Lumpen-Headache," by Peter Benchley; "Review: Not on the Development of Contradiction," by Kathryn Bigelow; "For Artists Meeting," by Sarah Charlesworth; "Review: Under the Rug," by Martha Rosler; "Review: Framing & Being Framed - Or, Are We Going to Let Barbara Rose Get Away with 'Dialectics' this Year?" by Mel Ramsden; "Having-Your-Heart-In-The-Right-Place is Not Making History," by Art & Language UK; "Worst of All Allies," by Art & Language UK; " The Edge of the Edge," Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge; " Autopatripassionata," by Christine Kozlov and Mayo Thompson; "Review: Chic Kicking Muse," by Sharlene Spingler; "Chris Smith Confronts Norman Trotsky and Dame Flora Luxemburg, Many of their colleagues, Furry and Feathered Friends," by Art & Language UK; " For Your Reference," Ian Wilson; "Review: Convoy," by Mayo Thompson; "The 'Liquidation' of Art: Self-Management or Self-Protection," by Jasna Tijardovic; "Bathysiderodromophobia," Ross Neher; "Has Your License Expired," by Nigel Lendon; "Work," by Joseph Kosuth; "Method or Mouthtalk," by Fern Tiger and Edward Robbins; "The Organization of Culture under Monopoly Capitalism, Part I: 'How Do You Feel About the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act?' The Organization of Culture under Monopoly Capitalism, Part II: Culture Ain't No Headless Horseman," by Michael Corris, Preston Heller, Andrew Menard; "History," by David Rushton and Paul Wood; "On the Class of Character in Art," by Goram Djordjevic; "Sociological Art as Utopian Strategy," by Hervé Fischer; "Art-Learning," by David Rushton and Paul Wood; correspondence by Robert Witz, Joshua Neustein, Guerrilla Art Action Group, J. Byron Kearns and others; and notes: "May Stevens: Art & Class"; Jane Klion & Julie Wolf: Students Fighting Faculty at WU; Mayo Thompson: Natural Alliances; For the Sensitive; Stefan Morawski: Theses on Aesthetics.

references

"In Numbers : Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955" by Andrew Roth, Philip Aarons, Victor Brand, Clive Phillpot, Neville Wakefield, Nancy Princenthal, William S. Wilson. Zurich / New York, Switzerland / NY : JRP - Ringier / PPP Editions, 2008, pp. 72 - 73 and 77.
"Artists' Magazines : An Alternative Space for Art" by Gwen Allen. Cambridge / London, MA / United Kingdom : The MIT Press, 2011, pp. 261.

related objects

The Fox / Vol. 1, No. 1
The Fox / Vol. 1, No. 2
The Fox / No. 3
$250.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. Volume One: light creasing of recto and verso; 10 cm. moisture soiling to bottom edge of recto carrying through to all pages; rubbing of cover edges with rounding of corners; previous owner's name and address written in black ink on first page. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Volume Two: Missing back cover; 19 cm. area of recto and pages 1-7 have torn away from main text block, remaining attached to text bock; additional light tearing of pages at spine edge; 6.5 cm. moisture soiling to bottom right corner of recto carrying through lightly to pages; additional rubbing of cover edges and rounding of corners; contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Volume Three: 10.1 cm. moisture soiling to bottom edge of recto carrying through to pages and through to verso; 4.4 cm. of creasing to top right corner of recto; 3 cm. of light soiling to recto 1.3 cm. of soiling to verso; contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
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