Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held March 27 – August 2, 2009. Edited by Anne Collins Goodyear and James W. McManus, foreword by Martin E. Sullivan.
"One of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) was a master of self-invention who carefully regulated the image he projected through self-portraiture and through his collaboration with those who portrayed him.
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Large-scale monograph on the work of Tehching Hsieh. "In the vibrant downtown Manhattan art scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Taiwanese-American artist Tehching Hsieh made an exceptional series of artworks. ... [details]
Critical theory by Suzanne P. Hudson. "In this first book-length study of Robert Ryman, Suzanne Hudson traces the artist's production from his first paintings in the early 1950s, many of which have never been exhibited or reproduced, to his more recent gallery shows. ... [details]
A collection of critical theory writing by Mel Bochner. Edited by Yve-Alain Bois. "[Bochner] became a writer, he says, almost by accident. In 1965, as a young artist in New York, he was out of a job; Arts Magazine paid him $2. ... [details]
Book with Audio CD. "The groundbreaking mix CD that accompanies this book features Nam Jun Paik, the Dada Movement, John Cage, Sonic Youth, and many other examples of avant-garde music. Most of the CD's content comes from the archives of Sub Rosa, a legendary record label that has been the benchmark for archival sounds since the beginnings of electronic music. ... [details]
"In her dance and performances of the 1960s, Yvonne Rainer famously transformed the performing body--stripped it of special techniques and star status, traded its costumes and leotards for T-shirts and sneakers, and asked it to haul mattresses or recite texts rather than leap or spin. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held September 21, 2008 - January 5, 2009. Travels to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 1, 2009 - May 11, 2009. Essays by Ann Goldstein, Diedrich Diederichsen, Pamela M. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cambridge, MA, March 4 - July 16, 2007, organized by Cornelia H. Butler and Lisa Gabrielle Mark. "There had never been art like the art produced by women artists in the 1970s--and there has never been a book with the ambition and scope of this one about that groundbreaking era. ... [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]
Issue edited by Karen Beckman, Branden W. Joseph, Reinhold Martin, Tom McDonough, Felicity D. Scott. Essays "Murriana," by Daniel Heller-Roazen; "Living (and Dying) in the Other," by Heather Love; "Not-Forgetting: Mary Kelly's 'Love Songs,'" by Rosalyn Deutsche; "Actors/Agents: Bertolt Brecht and the Politics of Secrecy," by Eva Horn; "The Shantytown: Uku Hamba 'Ze! (To Walk Naked)," by Dina Al-Kassim; "Life Dull of Holes," by T. ... [details]