Coined by germano celant in 1967, the label has enjoyed extraordinary success, attracting the attention of specialists and provoking a tremendous variety of judgments. Seth siegelaub on collecting textiles, introduction by. Even when it moved outside the gallery context, into sites such as billboards and newspapers, it was still. Complete dissertation vrije universiteit amsterdam. Perhaps one of the most revered artists publications of the 1960s, the xerox book, published by dealers siegelaub and wendler is a xerox book in name only. Search by multiple isbn, single isbn, title, author, etc.
As delegates arrived in chicago the last week of august 1968 for the 35th democratic national convention, they found that mayor richard j. Siegelaub sought to make the xerox book as democratic and. Your work shows 24 photocopy pages of a graph sheet that has been reproduced by the xerox machine twentyfour times. What do you see when you look at a book for the first time. Democratic national convention s most popular book is official proceedings of th. Democratic party was held at the international amphitheatre in chicago, illinois, from august 26 to august 29, 1968. Over the years, it has taken on a polysemic value which embodies at once an aesthetic and activist manifesto, a set of procedures, the definition of a group, and even a national. Considering the many friends, new and old, who had contributed work to library of the printed web, i thought like siegelaub, why not offer a. Ron wolin, a member of the socialist workers party joined lucy.
What you all had in common, however, was that you used the photocopy machine in the production of the art. The democratic possibility of massprinting in quantities that are responsive to the demand as well as the close creative oversight afforded to artists at. Better kids institute michael gililland experience seeing and knowing. Seth siegelaub and jack wendler published the xerox book in december 1968. One communicates meaning through the convention of words.
Education 196364 cleveland institute of art, cleveland, oh. The 1968 democratic national convention was held august 2629 at the international amphitheatre in chicago, illinois. Strands6lawrenceweiner20 by christine mackey issuu. Video, jack wendler comparecontrast with michael mandibergs print wikipedia, 2015, and paul soulellis library of the printed web, 20 to present andre, carl. Among his groundbreaking projects were the xerox book 1968 and. Siegelaub organized twentyone exhibitions, publications, and other projects in north america and europe between february 1968 and july 1971, working closely with artists such as carl andre, robert barry, douglas huebler, joseph kosuth, and lawrence weiner, before largely withdrawing from the art world in. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Seth siegelaub papersin the museum of modern art archives. Documents from the seth siegelaub papers in the moma page 2 of 3. Exhibition synopsis about seth siegelaub beyond conceptual art. I was once again struck by your earlier statement of intent in 1968, on the. Learn democratic convention of 1968 with free interactive flashcards. The events of the 1968 democratic national convention in chicago marked the height of the 1960s protest movement, with demonstrators and police clashing in the streets of chicago for over a week in the hot august weather.
The project was intended to be a group exhibition in the form of a 64page printed book. Report video issue javascript must be enabled in order to. In a speech at a 1969 assembly of the art workers coalition, seth siegelaub. Siegelaub pioneered new strategies for the presentation and distribution of contemporary art in the 1960s under the trade name international general. Statements 1968, which opened up the field of artists books. Conceived by siegelaub as an inexpensive artists publication each artist was afforded twentyfive pages plus a cover title page to execute a site specific project for the. Softcover with clear plastic dustjacket partially taped to inside front covers as issued. They belonged to seth siegelaub, an avid book collector, and their contents needed to be catalogued after his sudden death in 20. Van dyk, who was a senior adviser to hubert humphrey, talked about his recollections of the 1968 democratic convention in chicago. Artists and the 1968 chicago democratic convention c. The exhibition, which was a book printed by a xerox photocopy. Testimony from the 1968 democratic convention conspiracy trial kindle edition by abbie hoffman, norman mailer, timothy leary. The book was printed on standard a4 paper and artists determined their own way of participating in the book. Carl andre, robert barry, lawrence weiner in 1968, curated by seth siegelaub.
Siegelaub was a pioneer of the early conceptual movement in new york in the 1960s, producing a series of groundbreaking. Carl andre, robert barry, douglas huebler, joseph kosuth, sol. Testimony from the 1968 democratic convention conspiracy trial. Seth siegelaub s copy book, better known as the xerox book, suggests how this might apply. Handling conceptual art centre for sensory studies. Risograph printed a table by printed matter printed matter. The riso book series is inspired by seth siegelaub and jack wendlers 1968 publication the xerox book. Add to bookbag sell this book add to wish list set price alert. This book exhibitionalso known as the xerox bookwas organized and published by seth siegelaub in 1968.
Curator, dealer and publisher seth siegelaub worked closely with lippard on the preparation for 557,087 in seattle in 1969. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading chicago seven. In 1968, seth siegelaub and john wendler published the first edition of the socalled xerox book. The untitled publication, which was conceived as an exhibition in itself and is currently the subject of a show at paula cooper gallery is now considered a seminal artist book. Benefit exhibition organized by siegelaub for the congressional election campaign for. What happened at the 1968 democratic national convention. His contribution to seth siegelaub s 1968 xerox book, for example, stipulated the specifications of paper used and specifications of ink and toner used, among other things. He was a gallerist, independent curator, publisher, researcher, archivist, collector, and bibliographer. Democratic national convention has 22 books on goodreads with 0 ratings. Books by democratic national convention author of summary. The groundbreaking exhibitions and publications he produced between 1968 and 1971such as the xerox book of 1968 for which several artists were each allotted a set of pages to work with and julyaugust 1970 a group show that appeared in the british magazine studio internationalhave all but eclipsed siegelaubs subsequent projects. This is the nominating roll call from the 1968 republican convention, in which nixon won the nomination. In 1968, seth siegelaub and john wendler published the first edition of the. Seth siegelaub and john wendler, 1st edition december, 1968.
Xerox book, 1968, by seth siegelaub with carl andre, robert barry, douglas huebler. A panel discussion on how artists including musicians, writers and visual artists were impacted by the the chaotic 1968 chicago democratic convention. I was lucky to find this online, which was longer than i expected to be honest. The xerox photocopy book in 1968, seth siegelaub, whom i mentioned previously, commissioned lawrence wiener, carl andre, robert barry, douglas huebler, joseph kosuth, sol. Although his projects might not have been as much a democratic endeavor as they were.
Siegelaub organized twentyone exhibitions, publications, and other projects in north america and europe between february 1968 and july 1971, working closely with artists such as carl andre, robert barry, douglas huebler, joseph kosuth, and lawrence weiner, before largely withdrawing from the art world in 1972. Produced in 1968, when the photocopier was still a new technology, the xerox book underscored a printing technique that was less rigid than photo offset, i. This is exemplified in seth siegelaub s the xerox book project in 1968. Postit get visitors to look closely at the art and comment on it. Seth siegelaub s death in june was on my mind, and i wanted to create an homage to his galleryless curatorial projects, like the xerox book siegelaub, 1968 and january 531 siegelaub, 1969. An important early supporter of artists involved in the conceptual art movement, siegelaubs curatorial work took place both in physical spaces and, most significantly, in the form of books. Choose from 44 different sets of democratic convention of 1968 flashcards on quizlet. Kuschs history of white chicago policemen and the 1968 democratic national convention is a solid addition to a growing literature on the cultural sensibility and political perspective of the conservative white working class in the last third of the twentieth century.
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