Movements / Conceptual Art from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Roseville East, NSW: Craftsman House; G+B Arts International, 1995. Cloth, 111 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Two processes of social change preceded the advent of Conceptualism in Russia. The first was the decline of the liberal epoch with its accompanying hopes and idealism, the second was… Read more about this item

Milan: Charta; Galleria Poggiali e Forconi Arte Contemporanea, 2000. 370 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Text in English and Italian. Catalogue of an exhibition held June 17 to August 20, 2000 at the Palazzo Bonaguro, Bassano del Grappa. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Vanished seasons, by Mario Guderzo; Art at the… Read more about this item

Houston, TX: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1978. 116 pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour); 28 cm + 1 audio disc (approximately 22 min.: analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 9 in.). Exhibition held at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, December 17, 1977 to February 25, 1978. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Vinyl record is present in sleeve.… Read more about this item

New York: Allworth Press; School of Visual Arts, 2000. xii, 299 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. A fine copy of the first printing. "The author, a leading art critic, focuses a new lens on this radical movement, showing the nuances that defined Minimalism in its various phases, as characterized by the inflected object, the disintegrated object, the ironic… Read more about this item

New York and Washington D.C.: Praeger Publishers, 1974. 215 pages, illustrations (some colour); 22 cm. Published in 1972 under title: Art without boundaries, 1950-70. An acceptable reading copy, with highlighting on several pages. Many of the artists profiled in this interesting volume are European, whose works have a political bent and operate in the sphere of "intermedia." . Paperback. Fair.… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. 218 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Site-specific art emerged in the late 1960s in reaction to the growing commodification of art and the prevailing ideals of art's autonomy and universality. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, as site-specific art intersected with land art, process art, performance art, conceptual art, installation art, institutional critique community-based… Read more about this item

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1992. 75 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. ISP papers, no. 1. Organized by the following Helena Rubinstein Fellows in the 1991-92 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program: Cristel Hollevoet, Karen Jones, Timothy Nye. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's blind stamp/half-title page, otherwise unmarked. CONTENTS: Conceptual art: a spatial perspective, by Timothy Nye; Wandering in… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1977. xxx, 316 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. D 428. Tight, clean text. Previous owner's name/inside front cover, otherwise unmarked. Age toning. First printing. CONTENTS: Self-portrait, by Walter Abish; Other voices for a second sight, by Vito Acconci; For instants, by Laurie Anderson; Four selections, by David Askevold; Work 1972-1974, by Alice Aycock;… Read more about this item

New York: Delano Greenidge Editions; Movements in Modern Art Series, 2002. Pictorial boards, 80 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Originally published: London: Tate, 2002. Tight, clean copy. "Conceptual art has challenged two key concepts normally associated with art - the production of objects to look at, and the act of contemplative looking itself. Paul Wood examines how this movement… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. xii, 394 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. PAJ Books. Tight, clean copy. A fine copy of the first printing. "One of America's most important artists, Bruce Nauman has worked in a dazzling variety of media since the mid-1960s: sculpture, photography, performance, installation art, sound, holography, film, and video. What has been a constant throughout his… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1978. 181 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Notes on Sol LeWitt, by Robert Rosenblum; The structures, the structures and the wall drawings, the structures and the wall drawings and the books, by Lucy R.… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. 121 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning, edges lightly soiled. Stated First Printing. Dust jacket toned, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. "The Painted Word charts the erratic course of the social history of Modern Art from it beginnings in revolution - a revolution against literary… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1993. 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts from April 2 to August 1, 1993. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "The catalog to accompany an exhibition… Read more about this item

Postcard in near-fine condition, a little age-toned. Unmailed. Cards are sent in stiff mailers. *** FREE SHIPPING FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CARD (price will be adjusted after checkout) ***. Very Good. Ephemera.

New York: Sandra Gering Gallery, 1995. Postcard in Very Good condition, unmailed, with written notes on reverse. Cards are sent in stiff mailers. *** FREE SHIPPING FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CARD (price will be adjusted after checkout) ***. 1st. Very Good.

Brooklyn, NY: The Bruce High Quality Foundation, 2013. 129 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, The Bruce High Quality Foundation: Ode to Joy, 2001-2013, held at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, June 28 to September 22, 2013. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Edition of 2000 copies. "Ode to Joy, 2001-2013 is a retrospective of… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 1976. 121 pages, illustrations; 18 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First thus.. 1st. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. Collectible.

North Vancouver, BC: Presentation House Gallery, 2008. 95 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, January 26 to March 2, 2008. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

Brooklyn, NY: The Bruce High Quality Foundation, 2009. 1 volume (unpaged); illustrations (some colour); 17 x 18 cm. Second printing in conjunction with the exhibition Empire, 2009, at Cueto Project, New York. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Paperback. Fine. Oblong.

New York: The Bruce High Quality Foundation, 2012. 1 volume (unpaged), illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Produced on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Lever House Art Collection, 390 Park Avenue, New York, NY, held from June 28 to October 1, 2012. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Front cover lightly scuffed.. 1st.… Read more about this item