Marcel Duchamp

by Marcel Duchamp

Unless a picture shocks, it is nothing. --Marcel Duchamp

The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves. --Marcel Duchamp

Arte Povera (Themes and Movements)

by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (Editor)

These artists can really turn your imagination on. The original coiner of the phrase Art Povera, is Gemano Celant, and his original book is not yet in re-print. This book will introduce you to some radical ideas on art.

Zero to Infinity: Art Povera: 1962-1972

by Richard Flood, et al

Book Description from Amazon.com "Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera, 1962-1972" focuses on one of the most innovative and influential art movements of the postwar era. Arte Povera came of age in the context of the economic boom of the "Italian miracle" and the subsequent student and workers' revolts of 1968.

Silence

by John Cage

John Cage has made the ear as important as the eye in aesthetics.

Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life

by Allan Kaprow, Jeff Kelley (Editor)

Book Description from Amazon.com: As the creator of "Happenings" and "Environments," Allan Kaprow is the prince and prophet of all we call performance art today. He is also known for having written some of the most thoughtful, provocative, and influential essays of his generation. From "The Legacy of Jackson Pollock" in 1958

Situationist International Anthology

by Ken Knabb Average

Judge Llabador, Strasbourg District Court 1966 "The accused have never denied the charge of misappropriating the funds of the Strasbourg Student Union. Indeed, they openly admit to having made the union pay nearly 5000 francs for the printing of 10,000 pamphlets, not to mention the cost of other literature inspired by the 'Situationist... no photo

The Fluxus Reader

by Ken Friedman (Editor), Edited by: Ken Friedman

Book Description from Amazon.com: A compilation of key source documents by the original artists of Fluxus. The Fluxus Reader is the first comprehensive source book on the international community of artists, architects, designers, and composers described as "the most radical and experimental art movement of the 1960s.

Art of Exhibitions, The: Thirty...

from Amazon.com: The broad appeal of exhibition going today owes an immense debt to the avant-garde art shows of the 20th century. Without the vision, energy, and courage of those pioneering artists and curators, the contemporary presentation of art would look very different and would not be nearly as rich. "The Art of the Exhibition" provides in-depth analysis of those provocative, ambitious, daring, and spectacular events that revolutionized the art of public display and helped define the key movements of the last century. Comprising 30 analytical essays by critics and curators with firsthand knowledge of, or involvement with, the exhibitions they discuss, the book includes texts by Dore Ashton, Germano Celant, and other major scholars, and covers shows like the First International Dada Fair in 1920, The International Exhibition of Surrealism in 1938, Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century in 1942, Claes Oldenburg's The Store in 1961, and Gilbert & George's Living Sculpture in 1969-70. These texts are also an essential guide to the rising cultural, social, and economic impact of exhibitions during the last century, and provide an insider's view of the nuts and bolts of exhibition organizing. Along with the essays are many fascinating and previously unpublished photographs of the exhibitions and artists.

Exhibitions highlighted include: The Vienna Secession 1902; The New York Armory Show 1913; The First International Dada Fair 1920; The International Exhibition of Surrealism 1938; Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century 1942; Gilbert & George Living Sculpture 1969-70 Essays by Dore Ashton, Germano Celant, Thomas Kellein and Thomas M. Messer. Foreword by Bernd Kluser. Introduction by Katharina Hegewisch. 250 b&w and 30 duotones.

An Existing Better World: Notes On The Bread and Puppet Theater in Vermont

only book available on these pioneers of performance art.

The Essential Joseph Beuys

from Amazon.com: Joseph Beuys (1921-1986), who reached cult status in his native Germany, was perhaps the most important artist to emerge in Europe after WW II; he was certainly the most influential thinker and teacher among artists of the postwar generation. His doctrine was that "every man is an artist,"

Mr. Fluxus: A Collective Portrait of George MacIunas 1931-1978 by Emmett Williams (Introduction), Ann Noel (Editor), Ay-O (Editor)

from Amazon.com: Book Description George Maciunas was the founding member and leader of the most radical and experimental art movement of the 1960s, Fluxus. Its members rejected the traditional systems of high art, practicing an extraordinary form of anti-art that encompassed everything from photography and pavement art to poetry and drama. Mr. Fluxus, the first biography of this key figure in twentieth- century art, reveals the story of an unorthodox, contradictory, and elusive genius. Maciunas attempted to rule Fluxus in totalitarian fashion, yet he laughed at himself and provoked others to laughter, poking fun at the incurable illnesses and painful realities that afflicted him throughout his relatively short life. What emerges from this collection of anecdotes and impressions, coaxed from many of his former Fluxus colleagues and from an array of friends and enemies, is an informative portrait of an inspiring crusader whose mission was to change the world, beginning with the world of art. Ingram George Maciunas was the founder and leader of a radical and experimental art movement of the 1960s known as Fluxus--which rejected traditional high art to practice an extraordinary form of anti-art. Maciunas attempted to rule Fluxus in totalitarian fashion, yet he laughed at himself and called forth laughter in others. This biography reveals the story of an unorthodox, contradictory, and elusive genius. 107 illustrations.

Andrey Tarkovsky: Sculpting in Time:...