"Changes, a look into the working notebooks of Merce Cunningham, is the most comprehensive book on choreography to emerge from the new dance. Cunningham's reflections on his art engage the reader in an awareness of both his own sensibility and the potential of the medium. ... [details]
"Contemporary Dance puts in to perspective the genius of American modern dance, explaining the meaning of the incredible variety of these new dances. Such distinguished dancers and choreographers as Lucinda Childs, Merce Cunningham, Laura Dean, Viola Farber, Alwin Nikolais, and Anna Sokolow tell how they work and discuss their ideas about dance. ... [details]
Exhibition catalog published in conjunction with show held March 31 - April 29, 1989. Catalogue consists of a set of items enclosed in folded black "slipcase" and exterior black mailing envelope. Contents include a staple-bound 18 page booklet, a folder with loose pages of remembrances by various people, a smaller staple-bound 16 page booklet, a booklet of attached postcards, and 6 other loose printed ephemeral items. ... [details]
Number 10 of the periodical "Ballet Danse" featuring writing by Merce Cunningham, Pierre Lartigue, Michel Guy, Serge Jouhet, Claude Grimal, David Vaughan, Marie Degroult, Ornella Volta, Dominique Brosseur, Lise Brunel, John Cage, Gordon Mumma, Peter Brook, Jacques Baril, Viola Farber, Yvonne Rainer, Valda Setterfield, Chris Komar, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Bertrand Raison, Wilfride Piollet, Jean Guizerix, snf Jean-Claude Galotta. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery from October 31 - December 2, 1989 and at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool from January 23 - March 25, 1990 examining the relationship between John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Jasper Johns. ... [details]
A very nice booklet with essay by Cage and documentation of performances by Cunningham with design notes for "Septet," "Suite for Five," "Nocturnes," "Antic Meet," "Summerspace," "Night Wandering," "Rune," "Crises," "Aeon," "Story," "Untitled Solo," "Changeling," "Collage III. ... [details]
Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Editor's Letter: Mirror Image," by Tim Griffin; "Letters: Michel Houellebecq on Alain Robbe-Grillet," by Michel Houellebecq; "Passages: Ann Temkin on Anne d'Harnoncourt," by Ann Temkin; "Books: Richard Deming on P. ... [details]
Artist's book by Alex Kayser of portraits. Interview by Andy Warhol. Sitters include: Alex Kayser, Vito Acconci, Armand Fernandez, Francis Bacon, Joseph Beuys, Max Bill, John Cage, Cesar, Marc Chagall, John Chamberlain, Christo, Chuck Close, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Merce Cunningham, Salvador Dali, Douglas Davis, Sonia Delaunay, Erik Dietman, Jim Dine, Erro, Gilbert & George, Ralph Goings, Red Grooms, Richard Hamilton, Duane Hanson, Michael Heizer, David Hockney, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Kienholz, Peter Klasen, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner, Urs Lüthi, Marisol, Richard McLean, Keith Milow, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Robert Morris, Lowell Nesbitt, Louise Nevelson, Claes Oldenburg, Meret Oppenheim, Philip Pearlstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Larry Rivers, Dieter Roth, Niki de Saint Phalle, George Segal, Jesus Raphael Soto, Frank Stella, Takis, Antoni Tàpies, Andre Thomkins, Roland Topor, Gunter Uecker, Bernar Venet, Wolf Vostell and Warhol. [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Southeaster Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September 8 - October 22, 1978. Traveled to National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Insitution, Washington, DC, January 26 - March 25, 1979. ... [details]
Anthology of writings on and by John Cage. Edited by Richard Kostelanetz. Written contributions by Virgil Thompson, Henry Cowell, Edward Downes, Michael Zwerin, Merce Cunningham, Barbara Rose, and Dore Ashton. ... [details]