Program for performances held May 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 1968. Program notes "Music by Velvet Underground." Performances included Scramble (1967) with music by Toshi Ichiyanagi, costumes by Frank Stella, musicians included David Behrman, John Cage, Malcolm Goldstein, Gordon Mumma, Max Neuhaus, David Tudor; RainForest (1968) with music by Tudor, decor by Andy Warhol, musicians Mumma and Tudor; How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run (1966) with music by Cage, readers Cage and David Vaughan; Variations V (1965) with music by Cage, film sequences by Stan VanDerBeek, electronics by Billy Klüver, Robert Moog; Place (1966) with music by Mumma, decor and costumes by Beverly Emmons, bandoneon by Tudor and cybersonic console by Mumma; Nocturnes (1965) with music by Erik Satie, decor and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg, piano by Cage; Winterbranch (1964) with music by LaMonte Young, costumes, decor and lighting by Rauschenberg supervised by Emmons; Field Dances (1963) with music by Cage, costumes by Remy Charlip, Untitled Solo (1953) with music by Christian Wolff, piano by Tudor; Walkaround Time (1968) with music by David Behrman, decor "after Marcel Duchamp's The Large Glass in the Philadelphia Museum - supervised by Jasper Johns," musicians Behrman, Mumma, Tudor; Suite for Five (1953 - 1958) with music by Cage, costumes by Rauschenberg, pianos by Cage and Tudor; and Collage III with music by Pierre Schaeffer. ... [details]
A compendium of sixteen essays originally published in the media and visual arts journal "Afterimage." Edited by Grant H. Kester, editor of "Afterimage" from 1990 to 1995. Text by Grant H. Kesser, Maurice Berger, Richard Bolton, Ann Cvetkovich, Coco Fusco, Brian Goldfarb, Mable Haddock, Chiquita Mullins Lee, Ioannis Mookas, Darrell Moore, Lorraine O'Grady, Michael Renov, Martha Rosler, Patricia Thomson, David Trend, Charles A. ... [details]
"Matisse : His Art and His Public is the most complete account we have, not only of the artists's life and achievement, but of how the world has received his art. For years Matisse was the most controversial living painter. ... [details]
Issue 19/20 of "Yale French Studies : Contemporary Art," edited by Kenneth Douglas. Articles include: "Painting Today: Principles and Practitioners," by Bernard Dorival; "In Praise of Sculpture," by Michel Ragon; "A Paris Commentary: The Tough Trend," by Robert Herbert; "Notes on a New Trend: Multidimensional Animated Works," by Guy Habasque; "The Cigarbox of Napolean III," by Thomas B. ... [details]
Contents include photograph by Retlaw Lederb; "Orgy 69," by Charles Fillmore Jr., with art by Richard Etts, Frank Gaudio, and Betty Dodson; "Inter/Course," about Francis Newton Souza; "The Flying Squad," by Al Hanson. [details]
Exceptionally important critical anthology of early writings on Minimal and Conceptual Art edited by Gregory Battcock. Essays "Systemic Painting," by Lawrence Alloway; "Sculpture as Architecture: New York Letter, 1966-67," by Michael Benedikt; "Serial Art, Systems, Solipsism," by Mel Bochner; "The Razed Sites of Carl Andre," by David Bourdon; "Subject Matter in the Work of Barnett Newman," by Nicolas Calas; "Art and Objecthood," by Michael Fried; "Questions to Stella and Judd," by Bruce Glaser; "Two Exhibitions," by E. ... [details]
March 11-17, 1981 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by Josh Friedman. Cover stories include: "The Sound and the Fury: Toni Morrison on Sex, Child Abuse, Black Writing, 'Song of Solomon,' and Her New Novel, 'Tar Baby,'" by Charles Ruas; "Shoes of 8th Street;" "How to Write Good," by Roy Bount,Jr. ... [details]
April 1-7, 1981 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by Josh Friedman. Cover stories include: "Salsa's Ruben Blades: Women Love Him, Latin Dictators Don't," by Enrique Fernandez ; "Reagan: The Shot Heard 'Round the World," by Doug Ireland; Ft. ... [details]
December 23, 1981 - January 5, 1982 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by John Leese. Cover stories include: "Thigh Tech," John Lombardi on Pilobolus; "New Twist in Atlanta Murders," by Stanley Pinsley; "Tom Lehrer is My Father," by Richard Corliss; "Down and Out in London," by Mick Farren; "'Dreamgirls' Dreamboy," by Peter Occhiogrosso; "Underwear's Brief Lives," by Ann Magnuson; "Cranking Out," by Roy Blount, Jr. ... [details]
September 2 - 8, 1981 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by John Leese. Cover stories include: "Little Martyrs: Can Kids Survive the Family?," by Carolyn Fireside; "Valium's Adscam," by Bob Brewin; "Pop Goes Tom Verlaine," by John Buckley; "George Will Has His Way," by Artful Dodger; and Reggie: Damned Yankee," by Roy Blount Jr. ... [details]
