Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held June 14 - September 3, 1979. Artists include Donald Evans, Donna Dennis, Dotty Attie, Eleanor Antin, Steve Gianakos, Robert Hudson, Alan Kessler, Geroge Kuehn, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Kim MacConnel, Loren Mdsen, Jud Nelson, Kenneth Price, Roland Reiss, Barbara Rossi, Peter Saari, David Schirm and John van Alstine. ... [details]
Survey of the work of L.A. based artists before 1980. Edited by Lyn Kienholz with contributing editors Elizabeta Betinski and Corinne Nelson. Includes appendix. "'L.A. Rising SoCal Artists Before 1980' is the first comprehensive pictorial showcase of the diverse universe of artists working in the Los Angeles area during the formative period of Los Angeles' art history. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with shows held 1975 - 1989. Artists include Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Benny Andrews, Eleanor Antin, Arakawa, Richard Artschwager, Robert Ashley, Dotty Attie, Judy Baca, John Baldessari, Balthus, Jennifer Bartlett, Romare Bearden, Gene Beery, Peter Berg, Blythe Bohnen, Jon Borofsky, Joan Brown, Chris Burden, Vija Celmins, Dale Chihuly, Christo, Wendy Clarke, Francesco Clemente, Chuck Close, Robert Cumming, Douglas Davis, Guy De Cointet, Willem de Kooning, Herbert Distel, Benni Efrat, Jane Freilicher, David Gilhooly, Philip Glass, Jacqueline Gourevitch, Michael Graves, Jan Groth, Hans Haacke, Harmony Hammond, Duane Hanson, Keith Haring, Eva Hesse, Neil Jenney, Jess, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Barbara Kruger, Komar and Melamid, Moshe Kupferman, Louise Lawler, Helen Levitt, Sol LeWitt, Alvin Lucier, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Meier, Duane Michals, Malcolm Morley, Phill Niblock, Pauline Oliveros, Ellen Phelan, Adrian Piper, Jim Pomeroy, Edda Renouf, Peter Rose, Edward Ruscha, Betye Saar, Karen Shaw, Michael Singer, Site, Sandy Skoglund, Neal Slavin, Sylvia Sleigh, Joan Snyder, Alan Sondheim, Nancy Spero, Richard Tuttle, Ger van Elk, Andy Warhol, William Wegman, Chris Wilmarth, Jackie Winsor, Andrew Wyeth and Connie Zehr. [details]
"The Poetry Reading : A Contemporary Compendium on Language & Performance is a vital and major volume of essays, interviews, and original materials that explore the rich sources, influences, and the vibrant current condition of how poetry is performed and revealed in a variety of contexts. ... [details]
2-Disc DVD on the West Coast artist John Baldessari by Jan Schmidt-Garre. Also includes three films by Baldessari - Green Postcard (1971), Baldessari Sings LeWitt (1972), Teaching a Plant the Alphabet (1972). ... [details]
Critical theory anthology. Edited by John G. Hanhardt. Contributions by Walter Benjamin, Bertolt Brecht, Louis Althusser, Hans Magnus Enzenberger, Jean Baudrillard, David Antin, David Ross, Rosalind Krauss, Stanley Cavell, Nam June Paik, Gene Youngblood, Jack Burnham, John Ellis and Douglas Davis. [details]