"Stephen Willats'' major essay ''The Artist as an Instigator of Changes in Social Cognition and Behaviour'' is re-issued for the first time by Occasional Papers. Published in 1973 by Gallery House, London – where Willats was Director of the Centre for Behavioural Art – and long out of print, the paper includes rigorous analyses of social forms of artistic production and descriptions of a number of projects by the artist. ... [details]
"Why did Art in Ruins, a once prominent art collective, suddenly fall off the art world map? Did they run out of ideas, move on to other territories or simply withdraw in disgust? During brief lulls in their frenetic peregrinations around the glittering international art circuit, a loose group of artists, curators, critics and other art professionals discuss the mysterious disappearance of Art in Ruins, maintaining a sober tone of inquiry even as they encounter herds of bison, anomalous Richard Serra walls and security personnel steeped in art theory. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Exhibition Research Centre, Liverpool, February 13 - April 11, 2014. Originally shown at the Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, May 8 - September 23, 2013. ... [details]
