"With Do It in hand, you will be able to make a work of (someone else's) art yourself. Since 1993 Do It has provided its public with how-to pages of instructions written by 168 of the most important artists and writers working today. ... [details]
Artists' book / exhibition catalogue for show held at Tate Liverpool, February 20 - May 3, 2004 and traveled to Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Köln, July 15 - October 31, 2004. "Taking Freud's idea of the Uncanny as a starting point, artist Mike Kelley plays Sunday curator and presents work by Hans Bellmer, Marcel Broodthaers, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Robert Gober, Damien Hirst, Edward Kienholz, Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns, Paul McCarthy, Matt Mullican, Bruce Nauman, Tony Oursler, Cindy Sherman, Paul Thek, and others (reprinted from a 1993 catalogue), plus photos of chewing gum wrappers, postcards, record covers, and toys, all connected to ideas of youth and the Uncanny. ... [details]
Second volume of Mike Kelley's collected writings. "Minor Histories organizes Kelley's writings into five sections. 'Statements' consists of twenty pieces produced between 1984 and 2002 (most of which were written to accompany exhibitions), including "Ajax," which draws on Homer, Colgate- Palmolive, and Longinus to present its eponymous hero; 'Some Aesthetic High Points,' an exercise in autobiography that counters the standard artist bio included in catalogs and press releases; and a sequence of "creative writings" that use mass cultural tropes in concert with high art mannerisms—approximating in prose the visual styles that characterize Kelley's artwork. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Marx to Sharks: The Art-Historical '80s," by Thomas Crow; "Unhappy Returns: The Po-Mo Decade," by John Rajchman; "Making Difference: The Legacy of the Culture Wars," by Homi K. ... [details]
An elegant catalogue raisonné of the editions [ephemera, posters, prints, multiples, etc.] of the Canadian collective General Idea. Produced in conjunction with a traveling retrospective which begun at Blackwood Gallery January 16 - February 16, 2003. ... [details]
Compendium of essays and criticism by Mike Kelley, compiled and with an introduction by John C. Welchman. The first book in what was intended to be a three volume series. Includes an index. [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "First Break: Alexi Worth on James Rosenquist," by Alexi Worth; "Passages: Manthia Diawara on Seydou Keïta," by Manthia Diawara; "Books: Jonathan Weinberg on 'The Nation,'" by Jonathan Weinberg; "News: Daniel B. ... [details]
Volume 2 of a catalogue raisonné of the work of artists (last names beginning in J - Z) held in the Collection of Contemporary Art Fundación "la Caixa," Barcelona. Catalogue concept and essay by Maria de Corral, director. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center / [a MoMA / The Museum of Modern Art affiliate], November 10, 2002 - April 2003. Texts by Klaus Biesenbach, Barbara London, Christopher Eamon. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Hôtel Empain, Brussels, December 10, 1999 - January 15, 2000. Traveled to FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, France, May 3 - 31, 2000. Curated by Catherine Bastide and Anne Pontégnie. ... [details]