"This book does not aim at being an objective and general analysis of the phenomenon of art or life, but is rather an attempt to flank (both art and life) as accomplices of the changes and attitudes in the development of their daily becoming. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held March 28 - April 19, 1969. Artists in the exhibition include Ray Johnson, Michael Morris, Michael Rhodes, Edwin Varney, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Stephen Scobie, Ian Wallace, Tristan Tzara, Eugen Gomringer, Paul Klee, Hans Arp, George Grosz, Man Ray, Guillaume Apollinaire, Stephen Mallarmé, Kurt Schwitters, Ilya Zdanevich, Pierre Albert-Biret, Stephen Bann, Carlo Belloli, Bill Bissett, Claus Bremer, Klaus Burkhardt, Henri Chopin, Hans Clain, Bob Cobbing, Judith Copithorne, M. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held January 10 - February 21, 1969. Essay by David Sewell. Artists in the exhibition include Dan Christensen, Robert Graham, Jack Krueger, David Lee, Bruce Nauman, William Pettet, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Alan Saret, Richard Serra, Keith Sonnier, and Richard Tuttle. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, November 21, 1969 - January 4, 1970. Texts by Jean Leering, Eugen Thiemann, and Zdenek Felix. Artists include Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Bruce Conner, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman, Edward Kienholz, Frank Lobdell, John Mason, John McCrackett, Bruce Nauman, Kenneth Price, Edward Ruscha, Hessel Smith, Clyfford Still, Wayne Thiebaud, Peter Voulkos, Doug Wheeler, and William T. ... [details]
Unedition print composed of a single sheet of nine uncut announcement cards published on the occasion of solo-exhibition by Nauman held at Leo Castelli Gallery, May 24 - June 14, 1969. An unknown number of copies of were signed by the artist. ... [details]
![S.M.S. [ aka : SMS / aka : Shit Must Stop ]](/objects/images/s20499.jpg "S.M.S. [ aka : SMS / aka : Shit Must Stop ]")
Issue number five of the journal of artists' multiples edited by William Copley. Works included: "Splendid Person," by Wall Batterton; "Twenty 7 am Still Lifes," by Edward Fitzgerald; "Bux Americana," by Neil Jenney; "The Inna Pages," by Angus MacLise; "Footsteps," by Bruce Nauman; "Candy," by Mel Ramos; "Cut Corners," by Robert Rohm; "Against the Grain," by William Schwedler; "The Magellanic Clouds," by Diane Wakoski; "Turf, Stake and String," by Larry [Lawrence] Wiener; "Mend Piece for John," by Yoko Ono; "Reflections on Picasso's Gift to the people of Chicago," by The Barber Shops incorporating contribution by Claes Oldenburg. ... [details]
Catalogue for Nauman's first solo exhibition in New York held January 27 - February 17, 1968. Introduction by David Whitney. Incorporates reproductions of 44 works dated 1965 - 1967, inclusive of works "Storage Capsule for the Right Rear Quarter of My Body," 1966 ; "Neon Templates of the Left Half of my Body Taken at Ten Inch Intervals," 1966 ; "Impressions of the Knees of Five Famous Artists," 1966 ; "Lead Tree Plaque," 1966 ; "Collection of Various Flexible Materials Separated by Layers of Grease with Holes the Size of My Waist and Wrists," 1966 ; "From Hand to Mouth," 1967 ; "Henry Moore Bound to Fail," 1967 ; "Composite Photo of My Name as Though it Were Written on the Surface of the Moon," 1967 ; "Henry Moore Trap #1," 1967 ; "Window or Wall Sign," 1967 [aka : "The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths"] and other works. [details]
![Burning Small Fires [ aka : urning all ires ]](/objects/images/s15274.jpg "Burning Small Fires [ aka : urning all ires ]")
Artist's book composed of a large folded poster adhered to paperboard covers. Features black-and-white photographs of burning pages of Edward Ruscha's artist's book Various Small Fires and Milk. [details]
Oversized double sided announcement card published in conjunction with opening of Nauman's first exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery held January 27, [1968]. Image on recto is Nauman's "Self-portrait as a fountain," 1966. [details]
![CLEA RSKY [ aka CLEARSKY ; CLEAR SKY ]](/objects/images/s24456.jpg "CLEA RSKY [ aka CLEARSKY ; CLEAR SKY ]")
Artist's book by Bruce Nauman featuring full bleed photographs of clear skies in Los Angeles taken on different days. Artist, publisher and date of publication all unstated. "Responding to artist's books by Ed Ruscha that depict Los Angeles icons, Nauman created two books of his own that focus on images of that city. ... [details]
