Booktrek. Selected Essays on Artists' Books (1972-2010)

"A former librarian at Chelsea School of Art in London, Phillpot became Director of the Library at the MoMA in New York in 1977, and mapped out the field of artists' books from an institutional point of view. Collaborating with Printed Matter and Franklin Furnace among other places dedicated to the medium of the book, Phillpot helped raise awareness to these objects, while giving them the necessary credentials to enter museums" -- p. [4] of cover

Alix Lambert : Male Pattern Baldness

In response to Lambert's photographic installation in which she impersonates a male basketball coach, O'Brien's text strings together reflections on baldness and maleness. Examining precedents for this sort of role-playing, Bovier and Fleiss perceive a contemporary pertinence in the artist's "double language" and positioning towards "political correctness." Biographical notes. 22 bibl. ref

John Armleder : Out! (Out!)

" Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux (1797–1880), a French doctor and naturalist, invented anatomical (and botanical) papier-mâché models that were widely distributed in the 19th and 20th centuries. This book presents a series of works by John Armleder based on these models, which he acquired partly by accident, and somewhat mischievously. " -- Publisher's website

Pattern, Crime & Decoration

"Catalogue of the double exhibition devoted to the Pattern & Decoration movement, with numerous previously unpublished archives. Pattern, Crime & Decoration features the groundbreaking, artist-led American art movement Pattern & Decoration, which started in the mid-1970s and lasted until the mid-1980s. Often viewed as the last organized art movement of the 20th century, it chronologically straddles the end of modernism and the beginning of postmodernism, through its rejection of the rigid tenets of formalism and its embrace of decorative motifs and non-Western visual forms. Strongly grounded in feminism, it included many women artists and sought to highlight some kinds of arts and crafts often dismissed as belonging to the domestic or decorative sphere such as tapestry, quilting, wallpaper or embroidery." -- Publisher's website

Performance Index

In this Basel-based index of nearly 70 European performance artists, various essays consider the contemporary situation of performance art today, body-performance in the European context, the problem of documenting performances, and the recent interest in the highly-mediated virtual body. Includes artist's statements. Texts are almost entirely in German, only a couple in French. 13 bibl. ref

Artist-Run Spaces

"This volume was developed in collaboration with founders of important and exemplary artist-run spaces of the 1960s-1970s. It represents the first extensive research on this subject and introduces spaces such as Art Metropole in Toronto, Artpool in Budapest, Ecart in Geneva, Franklin Furnace in New York, MOCA in San Francisco, La Mamelle in San Francisco, Printed Matter in New York, Western Front in Vancouver, and Zona in Florence, whose founders include Carl Andre, John Armleder, AA Bronson, Sol LeWitt, Lucy Lippard, Tom Marioni, and Maurizio Nannucci. At a time of transition to new aesthetic approaches, these artists promoted community spirit and organizational skills, pioneering a revaluation of traditional art concepts. The book documents not only the activities of these spaces, but also maps the artistic strategies and positions that took currency during this period. It thus shows how the inner life of collective self-organization and the exchange between like-minded artist-run spaces developed dynamically." -- Site web de l'éditeur