Title & Author:

From conceptualism to feminism : Lucy Lippard's Numbers shows, 1969-74 / Cornelia Butler [and others].

Publication:

London : Afterall Books ; New York, NY : Distribution outside Europe, D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, ©2012.

Description:

304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Series:

Exhibition histories

Notes:
Published in association with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College and Van Abbemuseum.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-297) and index.
Introduction : From conceptualism to feminism / Sabeth Buchmann -- Women, concept, art : Lucy R. Lippard's Number shows / Cornelia Butler -- Lucy R. Lippard in correspondence with Antony Hudek -- Locating '2,972,453' : Lucy R. Lippard in Argentina / Pip Day -- '557,087' Seattle -- '955,000' Vancouver -- '557,087'/'955,000' catalogue -- '2,972,453' Buenos Aires -- 'c.7,500' Valencia, California and touring -- 557,087 : Seattle / Peter Plagens -- 26 conceptual artists in London / Caroline Tisdall -- A response to '26 conceptual artists in London' / Griselda Pollock -- Seth Siegelaub in conversation with Jo Melvin -- Interviews with exhibiting artists by Alexandra Schwartz : Eleanor Antin email excerpt ; Agnes Denes in conversation ; Alice Aycock in conversation ; Mierle Laderman Ukeles in conversation.

Summary:

"With a main essay by Cornelia Butler and including 140 black-and-white images. Additional contributions by Pip Day and Sabeth Buchmann, interviews with Lucy Lippard and Seth Siegelaub, archival texts by Peter Plagens, Griselda Pollock and Caroline Tisdall and interviews with artists Eleanor Antin, Agnes Denes, Alice Aycock and Mierle Laderman Ukeles. Four exhibitions of contemporary art curated by Lucy Lippard have become known as her 'numbers shows'. Each took the population of the city in which it was shown as its title: '557,087' in Seattle, '955,000' in Vancouver, '2,972,453' in Buenos Aires and 'c.7,500' in Valencia, California, before touring the US and to London. This third title in the Exhibition Histories series examines the numbers shows and follows Lippard's trajectory as critique and curator, tracing her growing political engagement and involvement with feminism. Extensive archival material is complemented by a new essay by Cornelia Butler and interviews with Lippard, Seth Siegelaub and exhibiting artists as well as critical responses written at the time by Peter Plagens and Griselda Pollock. The volume also includes an essay by Pip Day analysing artists' initiatives in Argentina as a context for Lippard's emerging political consciousness. The Exhibition Histories series investigates exhibitions that have shaped the way contemporary art is experienced, made and discussed."--Publisher.

ISBN:

9783863351021 (pbk.)
3863351029 (pbk.)
9781846380884
184638088X

Subject:

Lippard, Lucy R.
Feminism and art.
Conceptual art.
Féminisme et art.
Art conceptuel.
Conceptual.
Konstutställningar historia 1900-talet.

Form/genre:

Interviews.
Conceptual art.

Added entries:

Butler, Cornelia H.
Lippard, Lucy R.
Exhibition histories.

Lucy Lippard's Numbers shows

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292357
Call No.: BIB 236622
Status: Available