Avalanche magazine was founded by Willoughby Sharp and Liza Béar shortly after they met in 1968. At the time, Sharp was a New York-based art historian and independent curator and Béar an underground magazine editor who had recently moved to New York from London. ... [details]
Avalanche magazine was founded by Willoughby Sharp and Liza Béar shortly after they met in 1968. At the time, Sharp was a New York-based art historian and independent curator and Béar an underground magazine editor who had recently moved to New York from London. ... [details]
Large-scale examination of the conceptual art network in it's years of inception, 1967, though to the time at which it had become highly formalized, 1977. An exacting examination by Sophie Richard, edited by Lynda Morris after Richard's unfortunate death. ... [details]
Unique artwork comprised of a 100% cotton Fruit of Loom t-shirt featuring heat-transferred image of Jonathan Monk in his Berlin studio, appropriated Robert Smithson images, acrylic paint and 2 badges. [details]
Critial theory book examining history of modern architecture. "The Project of Autonomy radically rediscusses the concept of autonomy in politics and architecture by tracing a concise and polemical argument about its history in Italy in the 1960s and early 1970s. ... [details]
Critical theory by Liz Kotz. "Language has been a primary element in visual art since the 1960s -- whether in the form of printed texts, painted signs, words on the wall, or recorded speech. In Words to Be Looked At, Liz Kotz traces this practice to its beginnings, examining works of visual art, poetry, and experimental music created in and around New York City from 1958 to 1968. ... [details]
An amazing, complete, reprint of the classic artists' periodical "0 to 9," including "Streetworks" in full facimiley. "From 1967 to 1969, Vito Acconci & Bernadette Mayer collected the works of the some of the most exciting artists and writers for their mimeographed magazine, '0 to 9. ... [details]
Winner of the 2006 Specific Object Publication of the Year Award
Housed in a painted wood box, this edition of "0 to 9 : The Complete Magazine : 1967 - 1969" consists of seven staple bound volumes -- each replicating the original publications, and includes a numbered certificate signed by Acconci and Mayer. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held December 1, 2006 - February 25, 2007. Texts by Kitty Scott, Jonathan Shaughnessy, Peggy Gale, AA Bronson. Documents the "top 100" works from the Art Metropole works in the Art Metropole Collection held by the National Gallery of Canada. ... [details]
Pioneering conceptual artist Vito Acconci began his career as a poet. In the 1960s, before beginning his work in performance and video art, Acconci studied at the Iowa Writers Workshop and published poems in journals and chapbooks. ... [details]