Monograph in the form of an extended interview between Merce Cunningham and Jacqueline Lesschaeve. "In The Dancer and the Dance Merce Cunningham talks with great modesty and charm about many aspects of the development of his art as dancer and choreographer, from his debt to early teachers and the contributions of particular members of his company, to the complex and unusual structuring of principles employed in individual pieces, the merits of various forms of dance notation and the role of video in his latest work. ... [details]
Number 10 of the periodical "Ballet Danse" featuring writing by Merce Cunningham, Pierre Lartigue, Michel Guy, Serge Jouhet, Claude Grimal, David Vaughan, Marie Degroult, Ornella Volta, Dominique Brosseur, Lise Brunel, John Cage, Gordon Mumma, Peter Brook, Jacques Baril, Viola Farber, Yvonne Rainer, Valda Setterfield, Chris Komar, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Bertrand Raison, Wilfride Piollet, Jean Guizerix, snf Jean-Claude Galotta. ... [details]
Artist's book by Alex Kayser of portraits. Interview by Andy Warhol. Sitters include: Alex Kayser, Vito Acconci, Armand Fernandez, Francis Bacon, Joseph Beuys, Max Bill, John Cage, Cesar, Marc Chagall, John Chamberlain, Christo, Chuck Close, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Merce Cunningham, Salvador Dali, Douglas Davis, Sonia Delaunay, Erik Dietman, Jim Dine, Erro, Gilbert & George, Ralph Goings, Red Grooms, Richard Hamilton, Duane Hanson, Michael Heizer, David Hockney, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Kienholz, Peter Klasen, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner, Urs Lüthi, Marisol, Richard McLean, Keith Milow, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Robert Morris, Lowell Nesbitt, Louise Nevelson, Claes Oldenburg, Meret Oppenheim, Philip Pearlstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Larry Rivers, Dieter Roth, Niki de Saint Phalle, George Segal, Jesus Raphael Soto, Frank Stella, Takis, Antoni Tàpies, Andre Thomkins, Roland Topor, Gunter Uecker, Bernar Venet, Wolf Vostell and Warhol. [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, May 2 - June 14, 1981. Traveled to National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, October 1 - November 1, 1981 ; Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan, November 10 - December 13, 1981 ; Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, January 8 - February 28, 1982 ; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, March 11 - April 18, 1982 ; Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver, October 4 - October 30, 1982. ... [details]
"A transcription of a series of six symposia in music and visual art, event art, art and architecture, environmental art, publica works and conceptual art. The panelists included Edited and with a foreword by Marilyn Bedford and Jerry Herman. ... [details]
Comprehensive history of Performance Art from 1909 through the 1970s. Text by RoseLee Goldberg. Includes essays "Futurist Performance : 'The Untamables'," "Russian Performance : 'Art is Free : Life is Paralysed'," "Dada Performance : 'The Idea of Art and the Idea of Life'," "Surrealist Performance : The Construction of Ruins," "Bauhaus Performance : 'Art and Technology : A New Unity'," "American and European Performance from c. ... [details]
Critical theory by Sally Banes on post modernist dance in the early 1960's with photographs by Robert Alexander. "'Terpsichore in Sneakers' is the first full-scale discussion of the artists who have made post-modern dance today's pre-eminent choreographic movement. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, September 1 - September 30, 1979 and February 1 - March 2, 1980. Traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, October 5 - November 4, 1979 ; University Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA, November 10, 1979 - January 5, 1979 ; Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, February - March 1981. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held . Written contributions by Erika Billeter, Willy Rotzler, André Thomkins, Mildred Constantine, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Richard Paul Lohse, and Klaus Rinke. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Southeaster Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September 8 - October 22, 1978. Traveled to National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Insitution, Washington, DC, January 26 - March 25, 1979. ... [details]