1979 issue of High Performance, The Performance Art Quarterly, edited by Linda Frye Burnham. Contents include: "Chris Burden: 'The Curse of Big Job,' 'Interviewed by Jim Moisan,' 'Coals to Newcastle;'" "Gina Pane," interviewed by Barbara T. ... [details]
Edited by Dan Howard. Essays "Proposal," by Dan Howard; "Introduction," by Dan Howard; "Autorevetment," by Lloyd Hamrol; "The Power of Art," by Peter Krasnow; "Untitled," by Walter Gabrielson; "Why Have There Been No Great Los Angeles Artists?," by Clark Polak; "Untitled," by Tom Wudl; "True Confessions," by Michael McMillen; "Surprise Hotel," by Carole Caroompas; "Nite Out With The Boys," by Stuart Rapeport; "Untitled," by Karen Carson; "Direct Experience Into Art Experience," by John White; "Untitled," by Don Giffin; "An Interview with Jean St. ... [details]
Edited by Debra Burchett and Bridget Johnson. Cover by Ed Ruscha. Essays "For An Art Against the Mythology of Everyday Life," by Martha Rosler; "Exploring the Mathematical Option in Art," by Bernar Venet; "No Money Back Anytime," by Kristine Stiles; "A Diamond is Forever," by Gregory Battcock; "Chymical Wedding," by Carole Caroompas; "To Pico," by Peter Schjeldahl; "Conceptual Art and the Continuing Quest for a New Social Context," by Robert Morgan; "The Level of Water," by Lawrence Weiner; "A The A The," by Alan Sondheim; "Conceptual Comments," by Douglas Huebler; "On Art Writing/Part I," by Clair Wolfe; "L Three Leers/W Three Whys," by John Baldessari; "Media: TeleVisions," by Christopher Knight; "The Dinner Party," by Melinda Wortz; "With a Dinner Party You Get Cheerleaders," by Suzanne Muchnic; "Photographs from the Dinner Party," by Ruth Askey; "The Chelsea Girls Return," by David James; "Photography: Two Photographic Books: Speaking About the Process of Making," by James Hugunin; "Painting: Back to Back," by Melinda Wortz. [details]
Edited by Michael Delgado, Jerry Dreva, and Marianne Zlotnick. "L. A. Demystified," by Peter Schjeldahl; "Schjeldahl Demystified," by Peter Plagens; "Trends: Traditions and Dirt: An Opinionated Guide to the Current State of Art in Northern California," by Robert Atkins; "Exhibitions in Print," by Ronald Benom, Kevin Boyle, Carole Caroompas, Carl Cheng (John Doe Co. ... [details]
Survey of the work of L.A. based artists before 1980. Edited by Lyn Kienholz with contributing editors Elizabeta Betinski and Corinne Nelson. Includes appendix. "'L.A. Rising SoCal Artists Before 1980' is the first comprehensive pictorial showcase of the diverse universe of artists working in the Los Angeles area during the formative period of Los Angeles' art history. ... [details]