Catalogue for the Exhibition: May 19-June 19, 1969
[10] pp. 8vo (152 x 228 mm.), pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Burnaby, Canada: Centre for Communications and the Arts, Simon Fraser University, 1969.
A landmark publication in the history of Conceptual art; a rare Seth Siegelaub (1941-2013) catalogue, produced for his famed exhibition at Simon Fraser University where he presented the work of Terry Atkinson and Michael Baldwin; Robert Barry; Jan Dibbets; Douglas Huebler; Stephen Kaltenbach; Joseph Kosuth; Sol LeWitt; N. E. Thing Co. Ltd.; and Lawrence Weiner. Each work is described in some form and some are pictured herein. A related symposium, conducted via telephone hook-up from New York, Ottawa, and Burnaby, took place on 17 June. WorldCat records only four examples in North American institutions.
“According to James Warren Felter, the Visual Arts Associate at Simon Fraser University who invited Siegelaub to curate this untitled project, ‘Conceptual Art is uniquely suited to Simon Fraser University because it has an art centre as yet without a gallery and an art centre one of whose aims is the exploration of the frontiers of communication.’ The works by the ten participating artists consisted mainly of announcements in the university’s journals and notes posted around the campus. The symposium organized as part of the exhibition used a telephone hook-up—an early version of the conference call—to connect the participants. The catalogue, assembled after the exhibition was over, documents the works in two sections, entitled ‘Catalogue’ and ‘Presentation,’ respectively, and features an aerial photograph of the campus on the cover.”–Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art, p. 166.
In fine condition.
❧ L. Coelewij & S. Martinetti, eds., Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art (2016), pp. 166-67 (pictured).
A landmark publication in the history of Conceptual art; a rare Seth Siegelaub (1941-2013) catalogue, produced for his famed exhibition at Simon Fraser University where he presented the work of Terry Atkinson and Michael Baldwin; Robert Barry; Jan Dibbets; Douglas Huebler; Stephen Kaltenbach; Joseph Kosuth; Sol LeWitt; N. E. Thing Co. Ltd.; and Lawrence Weiner. Each work is described in some form and some are pictured herein. A related symposium, conducted via telephone hook-up from New York, Ottawa, and Burnaby, took place on 17 June. WorldCat records only four examples in North American institutions.
“According to James Warren Felter, the Visual Arts Associate at Simon Fraser University who invited Siegelaub to curate this untitled project, ‘Conceptual Art is uniquely suited to Simon Fraser University because it has an art centre as yet without a gallery and an art centre one of whose aims is the exploration of the frontiers of communication.’ The works by the ten participating artists consisted mainly of announcements in the university’s journals and notes posted around the campus. The symposium organized as part of the exhibition used a telephone hook-up—an early version of the conference call—to connect the participants. The catalogue, assembled after the exhibition was over, documents the works in two sections, entitled ‘Catalogue’ and ‘Presentation,’ respectively, and features an aerial photograph of the campus on the cover.”–Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art, p. 166.
In fine condition.
❧ L. Coelewij & S. Martinetti, eds., Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art (2016), pp. 166-67 (pictured).
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Title
Catalogue for the Exhibition: May 19-June 19, 1969
Author
SIEGELAUB, Seth, curator
Condition
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