Engrossing history of Richard (Dick) Bellamy's Green Gallery conducted through interviews by Erik La Prade with: Alfred Leslie, Mark di Suvero, Philip Wofford, Mimi Gross, Claes Oldenburg, Tadaaki Kuwayama, Rakuko Naito, Pat Passlof, Richard Smith, Sally Hazelet Drummond, Lucas Samaras, Wolf Kahn, Emily Mason, Hanford Yang, James Rosenquist, Frank Stella, Charlotte Bellamy, Jeannie Blake, Sam Green, Virginia Dwan, Paula Cooper, Robert Morris, Richard Bellamy. ... [details]
Collected essays and other text by Howardena Pindell. Introduction by Lowery Stokes Sims. "These essays show Pindell in various guises. She is diarist: several pieces come from pages of her journals, such as those recording her experiences as an African American woman and artist traveling abroad; she is memoirist; social and artistic commentator; and art historian. ... [details]
Compendium of journals of Myron Stout edited by Tina Dickey, with introduction by Robert Storr. "The Journals are the most articulate writings recorded by an artist since those of Delacroix. They reflect an artist's evolution and reflect aspects of the inner worlds of all artists: investigations into philosophy, politics, literature, the interrelationships of art forms; the history of aesthetics; the visual expression of balance, torque and tension; the relationship of abstract art to the natural world. ... [details]
Publication on the Artists Club as recorded by Philip Pavia, edited by Natalie Edgar. "First fully documented story of the historic Artists Club, created in 1948, which soon became the center of culture in 1950s New York -- the most important place for artists of all disciplines, from around the world, to meet, and listen, and talk. ... [details]
Book of critical theory on art and politics by Susan Noyes Platt. Preface by Peter Selz. Includes work by Roger Shimomura, The Yes Men, Selma Waldman, Rick Lawson, Backbone Campaign, Dean Wong, Allen Sekula, Leslie King-Hammond, Kim Berman and Artist Proof Studio, Beehive Collective, Martha Rosler, Critical Art Ensemble, Alfredo Jaar, Roberta May Wong, Kara Walker, Clarissa Sligh, Marita Dingus, Mona Hatoum, and many others. ... [details]
Compendium of journals of Myron Stout edited by Tina Dickey, with introduction by Robert Storr. "The Journals are the most articulate writings recorded by an artist since those of Delacroix. They reflect an artist's evolution and reflect aspects of the inner worlds of all artists: investigations into philosophy, politics, literature, the interrelationships of art forms; the history of aesthetics; the visual expression of balance, torque and tension; the relationship of abstract art to the natural world. ... [details]
"The dadaists mocked the old mode, the surrealists tested and stretched it, but Duchamp waved goodbye to it. He introduced that contradictory moment of a new tradition - the shift from 'painting to the selection of objects,' is how W. ... [details]
