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A Popular Western Story

Here's a short shaggy dog story about Ed Ruscha's painting Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half, 1964, the artist's book Twentysix Gasoline Stations, and a 10¢ rootin' tootin pulp periodical.

image from A Popular Western Story
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Journal [LAICA Journal]
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 26.8 x 20.5 cm.
  • 60 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Journal [LAICA Journal]

[ aka : Art-Rite, No. 19 / Journal [LAICA Journal] No. 19 ] / No. 19 (June - July 1978)

Walter Robinson, Edit deAk, Bridget Reak-Johnson, Debra S. Burchett, Edit deAk, Walter Robinson, Kickboy Face, Robert Morgan, X & Y, John McCracken, Robert Morgan, Dick Miller, Ronald Al Robboy, Peter Plagens, Randall Warniers, Walter Robinson, Susan Martin, Richard Armstrong, Richard Armstrong, Laurie Anderson, Clare Spark, Howard Singerman, Peter Frank, Chris Burden

Special combined issue of LAICA Journal (No. 19) and Art-Rite (No. 19). Issue edited by Walter Robinson, Edit deAk, Bridget Reak-Johnson, Debra S. Burchett. Contents include: "Projects," by Edit deAk and Walter Robinson; "Homespun Versions of Mass Media," by Walter Robinson; "Teen Genius," by Kickboy Face; "Swim Parables," by Robert Morgan; "X & Y Offer," by X & Y; "Conversation: Between Craziness and Clarity," by John McCracken; "Swim Parables: Given to 4/4 Rhythms 5x," by Robert Morgan; "Texts," by Dick Miller; " Reifying the Heifetz-Trotsky Axis," Ronald Al Robboy; "Two Painters: Welcome in L. ... [details]

Los Angeles / New York, CA / NY: LAICA Journal / Art-Rite Publishing Co.,
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$250.00
Condition:  Good. 8 mm., 2 mm., and 1 cm. losses to bottom edge of recto with additional tearing. Bumping of right side edge of recto. 2.3 and 1.5 cm. of staining to verso. Contents clean and unmarked. This copy is the LAICA variant, without the Art-Rite sticker on recto cover.
[Object # 39792]
Journal [LAICA Journal]
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.5 x 21.2 cm.
  • 69 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Journal [LAICA Journal]

No. 20 (October - November 1978)

Jim Pomeroy, Kristine Stiles, Melinda Wortz, Christopher Knight, Sanda Agalidi, Al Ruppersberg, Michele De Angeles, Susan Larsen, Alexis Smith, Elyn Zimmerman, Peter Schjeldahl, Vija Celmins, Debra S. Burchett, Bridget Reak-Johnson, Pauline Oliveros, Bob White, Richard Armstrong, Howard Singerman, Irene Borger, Robert MacDonald, Ulisses Carrion, Linda Rosengarten, Frederick Dolan, John Sturgeon, Michael Auping, Richard Jackson

October/November 1978 issue of the periodical "Journal." Edited by Debra S. Burchett and Bridget Reak-Johnson. Contents include: "Re the Production of Work in the Age of Mechanical Art," by Jim Pomeroy; "A Proposal," by Kristine Stiles; "Fetish to Physics," by Melinda Wortz; "History / Art," by Christopher Knight; "Paragraphs," by Sanda Agalidi; "Notes for "Progress, Not Adventure," " by Al Ruppersberg; "Isolated Imagery: Joe Goode," by Michele De Angeles; "A Conversation with Vija Celmins," by Susan Larsen; "Chandlerism," by Alexis Smith; "Untitled," by Elyn Zimmerman; "The Hydrogen Jukebox: Terror, Narcissism and Art," by Peter Schjeldahl; "Music," by Pauline Oliveros, Bob White; "Painting," by Richard Armstrong, Howard Singerman; "Photography," by Irene Borger, Robert MacDonald, James Hugunin; "Ephemera," by Ulisses Carrion; "Scoops," by Debra S. ... [details]

$75.00
Condition:  Very Good. Mailed copy with mailing marks and printed printed address sticker on verso. Light yellowing of covers and light edge wear. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39793]
$75.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. 2.3 cm. tear to bottom edge of spine with adjacent yellow soiling. Yellow spotting across verso. 11.3 cm. dog-ear to bottom right corner of recto and first page. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39794]
$65.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. 4 mm. yellow staining to recto. 12.1 cm area of yellow staining to verso. 8 mm. tear to top edge of spine. Additional light edge wear. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39795]
Journal [LAICA Journal]
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.7 x 21.4 cm.
  • 54 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Journal [LAICA Journal]

No. 17 (January - February 1978)

Michael Auping, Lynn Hershman, Moira Roth, Howard Singerman, Brian Forrest, Richard Kostelanetz, James Welling, Melinda Wortz, Cynthia Lee Maughan, Sanda Agalidi, Christopher Knight, Bruce Nauman

January / February 1978 issue of the periodical "Journal." Edited by Michael Auping. Contents include: "Issues and Commentary;" "An Interview with Lynn Hershman," by Moira Roth; "Unstretched Surfaces," by Howard Singerman; "Little Scenes," by Brian Forrest; "Book Art," by Richard Kostelanetz; "David Del Tredici's FINAL ALICE," by James Welling; "Michael Brewster, Installations," by Melinda Wortz; "Hummingbirds," by Cynthia Lee Maughan; "Paragraphs," by Sanda Agalidi; and "Some Recent Art and Architectural Analogue," by Christopher Knight. ... [details]

$250.00
Condition:  Very Good. Yellowing of covers with light handling and edge wear. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39790]
Artwords & Bookworks
  • exhibition catalogue
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21.4 cm.
  • [42] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Artwords & Bookworks

An International Exhibition of Recent Artists' Books and Ephemera / Homage to Judith Hoffberg / THE MAILBOX IS A MUSEUM / Imagezine Vol.1, No 4 La Mamelle Inc.

Mike Cranem, Judith Hoffberg, Joan Hugo

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, February 28 - March 30, 1978. Traveled to Artists' Space, New York City, June 10 - 30, 1978; Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, September 15 - 29, 1978; New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, October - November 1978. ... [details]

$75.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. 8 mm. dog-ear to bottom right corner of recto with light tearing. 3 mm. crease parallel to bottom edge of recto. Two 6 mm. tears to top edge of recto. 12.3 cm. crease to recto. Light fingerprint/dust soiling and moderate yellow soiling of verso. Contents clean and unmarked. Includes errata sheet.
[Object # 39787]
Journal [LAICA Journal]
  • periodical
  • illustrated wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.7 x 21.5 cm.
  • 60 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Journal [LAICA Journal]

Italian Art Etc. / No. 18 (April - May 1978)

Barbara Radice, Ettore Sottsass, Iole de Sanna, Gianni Emilio Simonetti, Lea Vergine, Carlo Romano, Benedetto Gravagnuolo, Riccardo Dalisi, Aldo Grasso, Ugo la Pietra, Emilio Bertonati, Camilla Sbrissa, Giorgio Marconi, Tommaso Trini, Emina Cevrovukovic, Franco Quadri, Angelo Pezzana, Vittorio Gregotti, Isabella Puliafito, Adolfo Natalini, Germano Celant, Franco Raggi, Rosamaria Rinaldi, Clino Castelli, Michele De Lucchi, Alessandro Mendini, Andrea Branzi

April/May 1978 issue of the periodical "Journal." Guest edited by Barbara Radice. Contents include: "Introduction," by Barbara Radice; "Article Titles and Authors;" "Contributor's Photographs;" "Notes on Contributors and Photo Credits;" "Articles. ... [details]

$125.00
Condition:  Very Good. Mailed copy with mailing marks and mailing wear and printed address sticker on verso. Light edge wear and yellowing of covers. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39791]
High Performance
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.6 x 21.4 cm.
  • 48 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

High Performance

The Performance Art Quarterly / Vol. 1, No. 1 (February 1978)

Linda Frye Burnham, Suzanne Lacy, Richard Newton, Norma Jean DeAk, Moira Roth, Jill Scott, Barbara Smith, James Pomeroy, Paul DeMarinis, Darryl Sapien, Constancia Vokietaitis, Gina Pane, Alison Knowles, Jürgen Klauke, Paul McCarthy, Nancy Buchanan, Brian Dailey, Tony DeLap, Bradley Smith, Bob Wilhite, BDR Ensemble, Richard Turner, D. Gatlin

First issue of High Performance, The Performance Art Quarterly, edited by Linda Frye Burnham. Contents include: "News;" "Spaces: Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art;" "Interviews: Suzanne Lacy by Richard Newton, Norma Jean DeAk by Moira Roth;" "Artist's Chronicle: Jill Scott, Barbara Smith, James Pomeroy, Paul DeMarinis, Darryl Sapien, Constancia Vokietaitis, Gina Pane, Alison Knowles, Jürgen Klauke, Paul McCarthy, Nancy Buchanan, Brian Dailey, Tony DeLap, Bradley Smith, Bob Wilhite, BDR Ensemble, Richard Turner, D. ... [details]

Los Angeles, CA: High Performance,
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$200.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. 2.1 cm. crease to recto. 12.8 cm. crease to bottom right area of recto. Additional light handling wear with rubbing of covers and light edge wear. 1.4 cm. and 1 cm. of soiling to verso. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39779]
La Mamelle Magazine : Art Contemporary
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.8 x 21.6 cm.
  • 39 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

La Mamelle Magazine : Art Contemporary

Vol. 3, No. 3 (Summer 1978)

Marien Lewis, Mary Stofflet, Ken Friedman, Peter Plonsky, Eldon Garnet, Carl Loeffler, Meyer Hirsch, Chip Lord, Phil Garner

Summer 1978 issue of La Mamelle Magazine. Edited by Carl E. Loeffler and Mary Stofflet. Contents include: "Conversations on Video Cabaret, The Hummer Sisters and Assorted One Liners with Marien Lewis, A-Space Video Director, and Carl Loeffler, La Mamelle Inc;" "The New Artspace: The First National Conference of Alternative Visual Arts Organizations," report by Mary Stofflet; "Ken Friedman;" "Peter Plonsky: If traditional musics are differently perceived external amplifications of nervous system as melody and cirulatory [sp] as rhythm, then this internal physiological environment can be transcended through the spirit expressed as glissando, a logarithmic movement which is the law for unstable time perception," interview by Carl Loeffler; "Eldon Garnet," interviewed by Carl Loeffler; "Publications;" "Eros & Photography: Exploration of Sexual Imagery & Photographic Practice," by Meyer Hirsch; and "Notes. ... [details]

San Francisco, CA: La Mamelle Inc.,
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Theoretical Analysis of the Intermedia Art Form : Experimental Intermedia Foundation at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
  • exhibition catalogue
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white
  • 23.8 x 17 cm.
  • [24] pp.
  • edition size 3000
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Theoretical Analysis of the Intermedia Art Form : Experimental Intermedia Foundation at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

René Berger, Gillo Dorfles, Jorge Glusberg, Abraham Moles, Udo Kultermann

Collection of essays on the "Theoretical Analysis of the Intermedia Art Form," originally presented in an unspecified form at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York by the Experimental Intermedia Foundation in [1978]. ... [details]

$75.00
Condition:  Very Good. Rubbing of cover edges and spine and additional creasing along spine with 1.5 cm. dog-ear / crease from bumping to top left corner of publication. Additional light bumping of corners. 1.8 cm. yellow soiling to endpapers. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 8403]
Matrix Berkeley : A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art 1978 - 79
  • exhibition catalogue
  • vinyl ring binder
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 22.8 x 17.6 cm.
  • [unpaginated]
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Matrix Berkeley : A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art 1978 - 79

James Elliott, Michael Auping, Ursula Schneider, Ree Morton, Susan Rothenberg, James Lee Byars, William Wegman, Kim MacConnel, Ron Gorchov, Dianne Blell, Jon Borofsky, Megan Williams, Jay DeFeo, William de Kooning, Jim Pomeroy, M. Louise Stanley, Robert Irwin, Juan Downey, Louise Bourgeois, Alan Saret, Ron Nagle, Richard Serra, Ed Kienholz, Michael Snow, Patrick Ireland, Joan Brown, Michael Singer, Jene Highstein, Wright Morris, The Kipper Kids, Andy Warhol, Joseph Cornell

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held February - April 1978. Introduction by James Elliott and Michael Auping. Artists include Ursula Schneider, Ree Morton, Susan Rothenberg, James Lee Byars, William Wegman, Kim MacConnel, Ron Gorchov, Dianne Blell, Jon Borofsky, Megan Williams, Jay DeFeo, William de Kooning, Jim Pomeroy, M. ... [details]

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Michael Asher, David Askevold, Richard Long [January 15 - February 10, 1977, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art]
  • exhibition catalogue
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.2 x 21.2 cm.
  • 19 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Michael Asher, David Askevold, Richard Long [January 15 - February 10, 1977, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art]

Michael Asher, David Askevold, Richard Long, Tom Jimmerson, Helen N. Lewis

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held January 15 - February 10, 1977. Proposed and curated by Tom Jimmerson and Helen N. Lewis. Includes works by Michael Asher, David Askevold, and Richard Long. ... [details]

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